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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... manual of Aloy- sius Sabetti , whose textbook of moral theology in the United States is based on the Gury manual . The Jesuits had always been heavily interested in moral the- ology , but in the latter part of the eighteenth century ...
... 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 to insulate these manuals from dialogue and contact with the broader world of ...
... manuals of moral theology as neoscholastic or neo-Thomistic is inaccurate. Later in this chapter I will discuss at some length the criticism of Thomas Bouquillon, professor of moral theology at the Catholic University of America, who ...
... 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 manu- als fully endorsed the spirit of neo-scholasticism ...
... moral manuals written in Europe . The text of the man- uals was in Latin so that they could be used in all countries of the world . The first manual of moral ... manuals . The purpose of his book was to prepare seminarians for hearing confes- ...