The Historical Development of Fundamental Moral Theology in the United States

The Historical Development of Fundamental Moral Theology in the United States
Author: Charles E. Curran
Publisher: Paulist Press
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1999
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780809138791

Sketches the development of fundamental moral theology in the U.S. and then uses original sources to document the significant changes that have occurred in the discipline, as well as the primary issues in Catholic moral theology today.

The Abuse of Casuistry

The Abuse of Casuistry
Author: Albert R. Jonsen
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 438
Release: 1988
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780520060630

In this engaging study, the authors put casuistry into its historical context, tracing the origin of moral reasoning in antiquity, its peak during the sixteenth and early seventeenth century, and its subsequent fall into disrepute from the mid-seventeenth century.

Preaching Eugenics

Preaching Eugenics
Author: Christine Rosen
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2004
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 019515679X

'Preaching Eugenics' tells how Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish leaders confronted and, in many cases, enthusiastically embraced eugenics - a movement that embodied progressive attitudes about modern science at the time.