Completely revised and updated, this classic introduction to moral theology in the Roman Catholic tradition speak clearly to anyone interested in understanding what it means to live the Christian life. Beginning with a concise definition of the roles of revelation and interpretation in the formation of moral theology, O'Connell explores the concept of a moral person, the shape and dynamics of a moral world, and the implications not only for the individual Christian but for the community as a whole.
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Timothy E. O'Connell, Ph.D., director of the Institue of Pastoral Studies at Loyola University, Chicago, is the author of What a Modern Catholic Believes About Suffering and Evil.
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This review is from: Principles for a Catholic Morality: Revised Edition (Paperback)
The first edition of this book is twenty years old. This totally revised edition is eight years old. But it remains the finest, most balanced presentation of Christian ethics out of the Roman Catholic tradition. And what I especially appreciated was that it's written in a clear and accessible style. Actually interesting!
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I saw this at a used bookstore and decided to pick it up, after all, with a title like Principles For A Catholic Morality it must be good right? Well, it has it's good points such as being easy to read and understand, but that is about it. If you just look at the substance of the book itself you'll find another dissident that says a whole lot of nothing and leaves you scratching your head at the end.
He questions the Magisterium and makes it seem like there has never been any infallible teaching on morals in the history of the Church, thereby opening up the Church to the moral and cultural rot of whatever time and place it finds itself in such as the enthroned moral relativism of our own time. When all is said and done you feel like the Catholic Church is a changeable institution that ought to keep up with the times, even if that means legalizing sodomy, abortion and assisted suicide. The three stars are for the nice and easy way the book reads, not for any real substance. There are better books on Catholic morality out there such as Morality: The Catholic View by Servais Pinckaers, O.P. that are just as easy to read and aren't so one sided and unabashedly liberal.
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basic goods approach, posterior conscience, absolute material norms, evaluative knowledge, premoral values, categorical freedom, reflex knowledge, traditional moral theology, premoral evil, proportionate reason, moral methodology, fundamental option, intrinsically evil acts, transcendental freedom, objective morality, formal norms, sexual faculty, exemplary cause, fundamental stance, speculative knowledge, ordinary magisterium, fundamental direction, direct killing, categorical level, moral living Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Testament, Thomas Aquinas, Jewish Scriptures, Jesus Christ, Ten Commandments, Old Testament, Cardinal Mindszenty, Council of Trent, Old Law, Karl Rahner, Penitential Books, Holy Spirit, Roman Catholic, United States, Fifth Commandment, New Commandments, Rudolf Schnackenburg, Second Vatican Council New!
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As the title of this book indicates, our topic is Catholic morality. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
basic goods approach, posterior conscience, absolute material norms, evaluative knowledge, premoral values, categorical freedom, reflex knowledge, traditional moral theology, premoral evil, proportionate reason, moral methodology, fundamental option, intrinsically evil acts, transcendental freedom, objective morality, formal norms, sexual faculty, exemplary cause, fundamental stance, speculative knowledge, ordinary magisterium, fundamental direction, direct killing, categorical level, moral living Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Testament, Thomas Aquinas, Jewish Scriptures, Jesus Christ, Ten Commandments, Old Testament, Cardinal Mindszenty, Council of Trent, Old Law, Karl Rahner, Penitential Books, Holy Spirit, Roman Catholic, United States, Fifth Commandment, New Commandments, Rudolf Schnackenburg, Second Vatican Council New!
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- Moral Theology: Challenges for the Future : Essays in Honor of Richard A. McCormick, S.J. by Walter J. Burghardt on 11 pages
- Notes on Moral Theology by Richard A. McCormick on 9 pages
- Natural Law, Vol. 1 (The International Library of Essays in Law & Legal Theory, Schools 1.1) by John Finnis on 5 pages
- Human Values and Christian Morality by Josef Fuchs on 4 pages
- Authority in Morals: An Essay in Christian Ethics by Gerard Hughes on 4 pages
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