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Christopher West

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About the Author

Christopher West is a renowned educator, best-selling author, cultural commentator, and popular theologian who specializes in making the dense scholarship of the late Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body accessible to a wide audience.  His extensive global lecturing, his numerous books and articles, and his multiple educational programs have sparked an international groundswell of interest in the late pope’s teaching across denominational lines.
 
West has been teaching graduate and undergraduate courses on the Theology of the Body and sexual ethics since the late 1990s, having served on the faculty of St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in Denver, the Institute for Priestly Formation in Omaha, and as a visiting professor of the John Paul II Institute in Melbourne Australia.  Since 2004 he has served as a research fellow and faculty member of the Theology of the Body Institute near Philadelphia.  His courses there continue to draw priests, religious, and lay people form around the globe.  He also serves as a visiting faculty member of the Saint Therese Institute of Faith and Mission in Bruno, Saskatchewan, Canada.
 
West is founder of The Cor Project, a global outreach devoted to cultural renewal through the “new evangelization.”  Millions have seen him on Fox News, ABC News, MSNBC, EWTN, or heard him on national radio shows.  Of all his titles and accomplishments, Christopher is most proud to call himself a devoted husband and father.  He lives near Lancaster, Pennsylvania with his wife Wendy and their five children.

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