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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... areas and issues of hu- man moral activity. The division among sexual, bioethical, and social moral theol- ogy derives from the areas and subjects considered. These divisions are certainly helpful, but there is the danger that some ...
... areas of theology . His apologetic writings defended , in a somewhat irenic way , the primacy of the Apostolic See , transubstantiation , and the Catholic approach to baptism and confirmation . Gerald Fogarty devotes one chapter in his ...
... areas of Christian living . 104 A significant and unique feature of the second and third editions , illustrating Bouquillon's more scholarly approach , was a discussion of the history of moral theology that ran to almost one hundred ...
... area. In what follows I depend heavily on Vereecke and other secondary sources. 2. Vereecke, “History of Moral Theology,” New Catholic Encyclopedia 9:1120. 3. Vereecke, “Concile de Trent.” 4. Vidal, La morale di Sant' Alfonso, 69–114. 5 ...
... areas. The liberal wing of the American hierarchy (Archbishop John Ireland, Bishops Denis O'Connell and John Keane, and Cardinal James Gibbons of Baltimore to a great extent) urged the Americanization of immigrants and a greater ...