Moral Theology in an Age of Renewal: A Study of the Catholic Tradition since Vatican II - Hardcover

Odozor, Paulinus Ikechukwu

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0268034699 ISBN 13: 9780268034696

Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press, 2017

Synopsis

This study offers a comprehensive survey of developments in moral theology since the Second Vatican Council. The author discusses the call of the Council for the renewal of moral theology and the role the Council itself played in this renewal. Odozor also explores the various issues and controversies which have marked the discipline since the 1960s. The dramatic changes and developments in moral theology during this period rival any in the history of the Church. The text covers a wealth of important topics, including the distinctiveness of Christian morality, natural law, scripture and ethics, moral norms, the Church's teaching authority, virtue ethics, and casuistry. Odozor provides a constructive proposal for a common ground which makes these debates in moral discourse possible. This scholarly study should be of value to moral theologians, other ethicists, systematic theologians and anyone interested in Catholic cultural and intellectual history since Vatican II.

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Review:

"It takes a considerable amount of courage to write a book such as this, given the highly charged polemical climate of the subject matter. Defenders of orthodoxy will examine it closely to determine if it upholds their position while others will want to see if their viewpoints are fairly expressed. In general . . . the author has succeeded in satisfying both camps."--The Heythrop Journal

About the Author:

Paulinus Ikechukwu Odozor, C.S.Sp., is a visiting associate professor of Christian Ethics at the University of Notre Dame. Two of his previous books, include Sexuality, Marriage, and Family and Richard McCormick and the Renewal of Moral Theology, which are also published by the University of Notre Dame Press.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0268034699
• ISBN 13: 9780268034696
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 424