Catholic Moral Theology in the United States: A HistoryGeorgetown University Press, 11/04/2008 - 368 من الصفحات In this magisterial volume Charles E. Curran surveys the historical development of Catholic moral theology in the United States from its 19th century roots to the present day. He begins by tracing the development of pre-Vatican II moral theology that, with the exception of social ethics, had the limited purpose of training future confessors to know what actions are sinful and the degree of sinfulness. Curran then explores and illuminates the post-Vatican II era with chapters on the effect of the Council on the scope and substance of moral theology, the impact of Humanae vitae, Pope Paul VI's encyclical condemning artificial contraception, fundamental moral theology, sexuality and marriage, bioethics, and social ethics. Curran's perspective is unique: For nearly 50 years, he has been a major influence on the development of the field and has witnessed first-hand the dramatic increase in the number and diversity of moral theologians in the academy and the Church. No one is more qualified to write this first and only comprehensive history of Catholic moral theology in the United States. |
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... in the sixteenth-century Thomistic renewal, developed moral theology through commentaries on the second part of the Summa. At the same time, as the more academic and systematic approach to moral theology occurred. 1 Chapter 1.
... Thomism in the form of neo-scholasticism came to the fore as a means of combating new ap- proaches. The Jesuits teaching in Rome, especially Joseph Kleutgen and Matthew Liberatore, spearheaded this Thomistic revival. In 1879 Pope Leo ...
... Thomistic morality is intrinsic—something is commanded because it is good. However, the manuals often give the reverse impression that something is good because it is commanded. The previously mentioned distinc- tion between a necessity ...
... Thomistic aspects that the manuals , for the most part , fail to develop in any detail . The natural law is necessary , universal , perpet- ual , and indispensable.109 Human nature consists of three God - given inclinations : the ...
... Aquinas on the role of the will and the coercive aspects of law.111 These aspects, which differ some- what from the Thomistic approach, seem to come from the influence of Suarez.112 Revelation is the other general source of moral ...