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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... aspects of the title need further explanation. First, what is moral theology? Moral theology is the name the Roman Catholic tradition gives to the theological discipline that deals with Christian life and ac- tion. Protestants often ...
... aspects of the history of Catholic moral theology in the United States , especially with regard to the nineteenth century , and with regard to Catholic social ethics in the twentieth century . In this book I will depend on these earlier ...
... aspects of the sacrament of penance, such as praise and thanks to God for the gift of forgiveness. The man- uals separated moral theology from all other theological aspects, including the dogmatic, the spiritual, and the sacramental ...
... aspects of political liberalism.16 As a result of the triumph of ultramontanism, the Catholic Church became more centralized, more authoritarian, and more defensive in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries right up to Vatican II ...
... some very significant developments in the nineteenth century in interaction with the intellectual and political aspects of the Enlightenment. Many in the Catholic Church and in the papacy, however, 9 the nineteenth century.