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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... significant role in American intellectual, cultural, and social life in the twentieth century.100 In 1899 Bouquillon published a devastating critique of the manuals of moral theology in the Catholic University Bulletin.101 Unlike Thomas ...
... significant voices raised criticisms about the existing manuals . Would this criticism bring about a new and different approach to moral theology ? The following chapters will explain how the manualistic approach continued in the ...
... significant historical work that claims to be neither complete nor systematic, see Mahoney, Making of Moral Theology. Although I have written summary histories of moral theology (e.g., Encyclopedia of Religion, Encyclopedia of Bioethics ...
... significant aspect of their ministry . In this context , the manuals of moral theology continued to thrive and be identified as the approach to moral theology . Condemnations of Americanism and Modernism Another significant development ...
... significant contributions in other fields , but theology did not prosper . 7 According to Joseph White , by the mid - 1930s the theology school at CUA had a handful of students and only a skeleton faculty.8 Seminaries continued to use ...