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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... , well illustrates their heavy de- pendence on natural law theory. Catholic sexual ethics in general and the specific hierarchical teaching condemning artificial contraception are based on the fact 41 the twentieth century before vatican ...
A History Charles E. Curran. hierarchical teaching condemning artificial contraception are based on the fact “that from time immemorial the church held and applied the natural-law prin- ciple that forms the basis for the teaching of Pius ...
... Artificial Contraception The Catholic position on the immorality of artificial contraception for spouses was the most significant moral issue discussed by Catholics in the twentieth cen- tury. In practice, birth control touched on the ...
... contraception for spouses unfolded in this context.48 Catholic teaching had consistently condemned “onanism” (the older and of- ten used European term for what Americans call artificial contraception or birth control), but the question ...
... contraception as intrinsically evil. (A following section on social justice will con- sider in greater depth Ryan's ... artificial contraception and the reasons for it as found in this encyclical thus became the official teaching of the ...