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18 - The Renewal of Moral Theology

from Part II - Conciliar Themes and Reception

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 May 2020

By
James Keenan
Edited by
Richard R. Gaillardetz
Richard R. Gaillardetz
Affiliation:
Boston College, Massachusetts
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Summary

Before the Council, the renewal of moral theology plays itself out very differently on either side of the Atlantic. In the aftermath of World War II, European moral theologians develop a moral theology based on the responsibility of the personal conscience. In the United States, moral theologians rebuff these initiatives and seek to maintain the authority of a magisterial tradition. The promulgation of Humanae vitae occasions a crisis that leads many of the latter moral theologians to reconsider the contributions of their European counterparts.

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The Cambridge Companion to Vatican II , pp. 318 - 338
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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Cahill, Lisa Sowle. Global Justice, Christology and Christian Ethics. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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Keenan, James F. A History of Catholic Moral Theology in the Twentieth Century: From Confessing Sins to Liberating Consciences. New York: Continuum, 2010.Google Scholar
Kelly, Kevin. 50 Years Receiving Vatican II: A Personal Odyssey. Dublin: Columba Press, 2012.Google Scholar
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