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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... perspective and address a broad Christian au- dience rather than from a specifically Catholic perspective and for a specifically Catholic audience . Parameters of Catholic moral theology were much more clear and sharp in the pre ...
... perspective followed a legal model and emphasized the determination of sin and the degree of sinfulness. The manuals did not see moral theology as touching all aspects of the Christian life, includ- ing the basic call of all Christians ...
... the United States, illustrates such an approach. From the Gallican perspective, he urged a transformationist synthesis between Catholicism and American culture.37 But in moral theology he found Alphonsus to be “ 12 chapter one.
... perspective of what is sinful and what are the minimal faith requirements—the basic perspectives of the manual tradition. Important to note also is that Sabetti places the emphasis not on what is morally true but on what is morally safe ...
... perspective, he never deals with the totality of the moral life in the same way that Aquinas did. Second, as a result of this focus, he adopts the legal model of moral theology rather than the teleological model of Aquinas, which was ...