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The Catholic Moral Tradition Today
A Synthesis
Charles E. Curran's succinct, coherent account of his wide-ranging work in Catholic moral theology points out agreements, disagreements, and changes in significant aspects of the Catholic moral tradition. His systematic approach explores major topics in a logical development: the ecclesiological foundation and stance of moral theology; the person as moral subject and agent; virtues, principles and norms; conscience and decision making; and the role of the church as a teacher of morality.
Curran's work condenses and organizes a large amount of material to show that the Catholic theological tradition is in dialogue with contemporary life and thought while remaining conscious of its rich history. Of great interest to theologians for its broad synthetic scope, this book is also a thorough introduction to the Catholic moral tradition for students and interested readers, including non-Catholics.
About the Author
Reviews
"Students who want to understand the Catholic moral tradition will find this book to be a rich resource. Curran knows the tradition in all its nuances and intricacies."—Journal of the American Academy of Religion
"This book reflects the deep sanity which is characteristic of the Catholic moral tradition at its best . . . the primary strength of [Curran's] analysis lies in its attention to the theological and ecclesial contexts for Catholic moral reflection. Those of us in the field of moral theology have not always been sufficiently attentive to the theological character of our work, and Curran offers a most welcome corrective to this tendency . . . it is not a manual for confessors, but a discursive treatise on the moral life which will be accessible to lay Catholics as well as clerics and specialists in moral theology. May Curran go on to write many more such books, and may he inspire others to follow his example."—The Tablet
"The breadth of Curran's comprehensive synthesis is striking."—New York Times Book Review
"An overview of the Catholic moral tradition and its contemporary re-evaluation and application that will prove quite useful as a basic text in foundational ethics . . . this is a solid basic text . . . it will provide the student with a firm grounding in the Catholic moral tradition in a clearly written and engaging style."—Catholic Library World
Endorsements
"Significant and worthwhile both because of what it accomplishes — a coherent and insightful scholarly 'tour' and synthesis of the complex landscape of contemporary Catholic moral theology — and because of who has written it — the text reflects a career's worth of astute scholarly and pastoral study and reflection on the matters it treats."—Christine Firer Hinze, associate professor of theology, Marquette University
"A superb piece of scholarship and synthesis of contemporary Catholic morality. I foresee this book being used widely as a textbook or required reading in schools of theology."—Richard M. Gula, SS, Franciscan School of Theology
"This magisterial presentation of the Catholic moral tradition is the work of one of the greatest 20th century moral theologians . . . It is the distillation of his life's work."—J. Philip Wogaman, senior minister, Foundry United Methodist Church
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Paperback / softback | |
March 23, 1999 | |
9780878407170 | |
English | |
272 | |
9.00 Inches (US) | |
6.00 Inches (US) | |
.85 Pounds (US) | |
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Other Titles by Charles E. Curran
Diverse Voices in Modern US Moral Theology
Catholic Social Teaching and Pope Benedict XVI
The Development of Moral Theology
Other Titles from Moral Traditions
The Aesthetics of Solidarity
Radical Sufficiency
The Structures of Virtue and Vice
Other Titles in RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ethics
Biomedicine and Beatitude, second edition
Business Ethics and Catholic Social Thought
Counsels of Imperfection
Other Titles in Religious ethics
Everyday Ethics
Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
An Ethics of Biodiversity