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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... sacrament of penance.1 In sixth-century Ire- land, a new form of penance emerged, which then spread to the continent and to the whole Catholic world. Penance now involved the confession of sins to a priest who imposed a penance and ...
... sacrament of penance, and a more theoretical and academic approach, associated with the university world. This tension continues to exist in contemporary Catholic moral theology. Manuals of Moral Theology This chapter focuses on the ...
... sacrament was often called “confession” rather than “penance.” The first-year course covered human acts, conscience, sins, and the Decalogue, excluding the seventh commandment. The second year treated the seventh commandment, sacraments ...
... 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 and the degree to which each was sinful, he showed a sen ...
... sacrament of penance, Alphonsus, in keeping with the manualistic approach, sees the confessor primarily as judge. But Alphonsus is also true to the motto of the Redemptorist order that he founded—“overflowing is the mercy of God ...