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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... involved in such a role. As a participant in the story of Catholic moral theology in the United States, I have been privileged to be part of an ongoing community of theologians commit- ted both to the scholarly discipline of moral ...
... involved the confession of sins to a priest who imposed a penance and through the mercy and forgiveness of God absolved the sinner and reconciled the sinner to the community of the Church and to God. The older form of penance was called ...
... involvement of the papacy in specific moral actions and had the ben- eficial effect of condemning the extremes. But these condemnations did not bring peace and tranquility to moral theology. The eighteenth century witnessed a con ...
... involved in some practical decisions of the Ro- man congregations about abortion . In the latter part of the nineteenth century , in keeping with the increased role of the papacy as a moral teacher , questions about particular issues ...
... involved in the effort to overturn the excom- munication of Father McGlynn by Archbishop Corrigan and was solidly identi- fied with the liberal wing at the Catholic University, especially in the publication of the Catholic University ...