title: Sanctity of the Body and the Relational Paradigm.
abstract: The individual is in constant interaction with others from birth onwards. The primary experience evolves from the innate need for bodily touch and connection, which form the foundation for the psychobiological structure of the individual. The body's anatomy is made to yearn for another, for building a home with the body of another. This makes the body the focal instrument, which is discernible already in the mother-child relationship, as well as later in male-female or husband-wife relationships. The body thus provides the most sacred space, and deep within it carries a natural yearning for another, for having a relationship with another. Relationships are the means through which the body can come to full realization.
authors.affiliation: Department for Psychology and Sociology of Religion, Faculty of Theology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia. christian.gostecnik@guest.arnes.si.|Franciscan Family Institute, Presernov trg 4, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia. christian.gostecnik@guest.arnes.si.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gostečnik
authors.affiliation: Department for Psychology and Sociology of Religion, Faculty of Theology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Tanja.repic1@guest.arnes.si.|Franciscan Family Institute, Presernov trg 4, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Tanja.repic1@guest.arnes.si.
authors.forename: Tanja Repič
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Slavič
authors.affiliation: Department for Psychology and Sociology of Religion, Faculty of Theology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia. sasa.poljak1@guest.arnes.si.|Franciscan Family Institute, Presernov trg 4, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia. sasa.poljak1@guest.arnes.si.
authors.forename: Tanja
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pate
authors.affiliation: Department for Psychology and Sociology of Religion, Faculty of Theology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia. robert.cvetek@guest.arnes.si.|Franciscan Family Institute, Presernov trg 4, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia. robert.cvetek@guest.arnes.si.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cvetek
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D018594:Human Body; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D012069:Religion and Psychology
keywords: Body; Family; Relational theory; Relationship; Sanctity