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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... pastoral theology, liturgical theology, historical theology, and biblical theology. Di- visions are necessary for the study of theology, but they always remain somewhat artificial. The boundaries of moral theology are quite porous ...
... pastoral level, books also called Summae gave guidance for confessors in the sac- rament of penance. The cruder form of these practical Summae simply followed an alphabetical approach to all issues, but the Summa of Antoninus of ...
... pastoral prudence and his understanding of conscience and the sacrament of penance. Although Alphonsus followed the manuals in seeing law as the primary ethical model and was concerned primarily with determining what actions were sinful ...
A History Charles E. Curran. approach as a result of his own pastoral experience, which led him to embrace a benign understanding.5 Alphonsus followed the legal method of the manuals but with a somewhat nuanced understanding of that ...
... pastoral purpose of training confessors as judges, the manuals were so entrenched in practice that nothing was going to change their basic approach. The focus and method of the manuals were not the focus and method of Aquinas. But the ...