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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... religion as “the way.” Morality is the actual living out of the Christian life; moral theology is a second-order ... religious orders dedicated to scholarship. The teach- ings of Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) well illustrate a systematic ...
... religious order, were not following the true spirit of Alphonsus. Isolation of Manuals The manuals of moral theology were very pragmatic books used to train confes- sors to be judges in the sacrament of penance. This narrow role tended ...
... religious experience for frontier Catholics. Stephen Badin, an early missionary in Kentucky, spent most of his days in these pastoral visits hearing confessions, and because of the large number of people even had to issue tickets to ...
... religious practices in the United States, Kenrick made a creative contribution to the manual tradition by frequently citing non-Catholic authors. He pointed out in his preface that he would frequently mention non- Catholic authors ...
... religious order . Subsequent editors were fellow religious from the same order who felt a commitment to continue the work of their predecessors . Kenrick was a diocesan priest ; apparently no one felt compelled to come out with future ...