The Making of Moral Theology: A Study of the Roman Catholic Tradition

ISBN-13: 9780198267300 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 384 str.

John Mahoney

Opis

In the last forty years, Roman Catholic moral theology has been experiencing revolutionary tension and change. In this compelling exposition, distinguished Jesuit moral theologian John Mahoney examines the events, personalities, and conflicts that have contributed, from New Testament times to the present, to the Roman Catholic moral tradition and its contemporary crisis, and interprets the fundamental changes taking place in the subject today. He surveys a wide range of topics, including papal infallibility, confession as a sacrament, the legacy of Augustine, the dramatic change in attitude to "salvation outside the Church," and the continuing impact on moral theology of the 1968 papal encyclical on birth control and of the Second Vatican Council.

Recenzje

'The publication of this book puts moral theologians, and students of moral theology, in John Mahoney's debt. He has given us a magisterial review of the themes, trends and doctrines which have given shape to moral teaching in the Church down the centuries. It is judicious, wise, and warmed occasionally with an affectionate humour.' Maurice Reidy, Holy Cross College, Dublin, The Heythrop Journal

Spis treści

Introduction; Bibliography; The influence of Auricular Confession; The legacy of Augustine; Nature and supernature; 'Teaching with authority'; Subjectivity; The language of law; The impact of Humanae Vitae; A pattern in renewal?; Index