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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... principles, conscience, and human actions in general that come into play in all the different areas and issues of hu- man moral activity. The division among sexual, bioethical, and social moral theol- ogy derives from the areas and ...
... principles of moral theology.33 Samuel Eccleston, a later archbishop of Baltimore, told the seminary president that he could not ordain a seminarian until he had a good course in moral theology, but dogmatic theology could be postponed ...
... principles to particular cases. His discussion of divination with regard to the first commandment demonstrates this approach. Divination is the attempt to learn the occult through the work of the devil. Sabetti proposes two principles ...
... principles and deduces practical conclusions from these principles . His discussion of natural law develops his understanding of the role of reason . He insists on the Thomistic aspects that the manuals , for the most part , fail to ...
... principles and safe ways of acting.114 His third edition does not repeat his earlier criticism of theologians' and bishops' having recourse too quickly and too readily to the congregation to solve complex issues. The criticism centers ...