The Catholic Moral Tradition Today

"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

"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