Universität Wien

010053 FS The so-called "revisionist" tradition of Anglo-American Moral Theology (2023W)

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 1 - Katholische Theologie
Continuous assessment of course work

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Details

Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 05.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 2 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 12.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 2 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 19.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 2 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 09.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 2 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 16.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 2 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 23.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 2 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 30.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 2 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 07.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 2 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 14.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 2 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 11.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 2 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 18.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 2 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 25.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 2 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

In US American Moral Theology intense and controversial discussions started after Vatican II - discussions that were clearly different from those in Europe. While in Europe a new approach to Moral Theology was developed since the 1930s in the US the neo-scholastic model was still rampant up to the 1960s. After the council a number of prominent theologians - e.g. Charles Curran and Richard McCormick - developed a new way of ethical thinking including humanities, social siences etc. Others remained with Thomism and as "Traditionalists" criticized the other side (which they called "Revisionists") sharply.
In this seminar key topics of moral theological discussion worldwide are discussed alongside this US development. As theological ethicists we can draw from these discussions and can also compare them to European discussions or those from the Global South.
Topics:
1. Historical background
2. The crisis of the ethical method
3. Development and progress in moral theology
4. Critique of the so calles "manualist" tradition
5. Developments in the Thomistic tradtion
6./7. Critique of Natural Law
8. Natural law and the human person
9. Conscience and Church teaching
10. Sexuality and Marriage
11. Same-Sex Marriage
12. Pope Francis and Church reform

Assessment and permitted materials

In US American Moral Theology intense and controversial discussions started after Vatican II - discussions that were clearly different from those in Europe. While in Europe a new approach to Moral Theology was developed since the 1930s in the US the neo-scholastic model was still rampant up to the 1960s. After the council a number of prominent theologians - e.g. Charles Curran and Richard McCormick - developed a new way of ethical thinking including humanities, social siences etc. Others remained with Thomism and as "Traditionalists" criticized the other side (which they called "Revisionists") sharply.
In this seminar key topics of moral theological discussion worldwide are discussed alongside this US development. As theological ethicists we can draw from these discussions and can also compare them to European discussions or those from the Global South.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Attendance: at least 85%.
Positive achievement of all partial performances.

Examination topics

Examination-immanent LV - Course content.

Reading list

Cahill, Lisa S.: Complexity of Family Relationships. Social Realities, Pastoral Dilemmas, Moral Understanding, in: Marriage, Families & Spirituality 29 (2023), 12-25
Curran, Charles E: Tradition and Church Reform. Perspectives on Catholic Moral Teaching, Maryknoll NY: Orbis 2016.
Curran, Charles E.: Conscience in the Light of the Catholic Moral Tradition, in: Curran, Charles E. (ed.): Conscience (Readings in Moral Theology 14), New York/Mahwah NJ: Paulist Press 2004.
Curran, Charles E.: Pope John Paul II and Post-Vatican II U.S. Catholic Moral Theologians on Marriage, in: Curran, Charles E. (ed.): Marriage (Readings in Moral Theology 15), New York/Mahwah NJ 2009.
Curran, Charles E.: The Development of Moral Theology, Washington DC: Georgetown University Press 2013.
Gallagher, John: Marriage and Sexuality. Magisterial Teaching from 1918 to the Present, in: Curran, Charles (ed.): Change in Official Catholic Moral Teachings (Readings in Moral Theology 13), New York/Mahwah NJ: Paulist Press 2003.
Farley, Margaret A.: Just Love. A Framework for Christian Sexual Ethics, New York: Continuum 2006, 271-296
Grisez, Germain/Shaw, Russell: Conscience. Knowledge of the Moral Truth, in: Curran, Charles E. (ed.): Conscience (Readings in Moral Theology 14), New York/Mahwah NJ: Paulist Press 2004.
Hoose, Jayne: Conscience in Veritatis Splendor and the Catechism, in: Curran, Charles E. (ed.): Conscience (Readings in Moral Theology 14), New York/Mahwah NJ: Paulist Press 2004.
Keenan, James F.: A History of Catholic Theological Ethics, New York/Mahwah NJ: Paulist Press 2022.
May, William E.: On the Impossibility of Same-Sex Marriage. A Review of Catholic Teaching, in: Curran, Charles E. (ed.): Marriage (Readings in Moral Theology 15), New York/Mahwah NJ 2009.
McCormick, Richard A.: Hierarchical Church Teaching and Conscience, in: Curran, Charles E. (ed.): Conscience (Readings in Moral Theology 14), New York/Mahwah NJ: Paulist Press 2004.
Noonan, John T.: Development in Moral Doctine, in: Curran, Charles (ed.): Change in Official Catholic Moral Teachings (Readings in Moral Theology 13), New York/Mahwah NJ: Paulist Press 2003.
Pope, Stephen J.: The Magisterium's Arguments against "Same-Sex Marriage". An Ethical Analysis and Critique, in: Curran, Charles E. (ed.): Marriage (Readings in Moral Theology 15), New York/Mahwah NJ 2009.
Selling, Joseph A.: Reframing Catholic Theological Ethics, Oxford: Oxford University Press 2016.
Vidal, Marciano: Progress in the Moral Tradition, in: Curran, Charles (ed.): Change in Official Catholic Moral Teachings (Readings in Moral Theology 13), New York/Mahwah NJ: Paulist Press 2003.

Association in the course directory

Lv für Doktorats-/PhD- Studien, für 011 (15W) FTH 26, 199 518 MA UF RK 02 oder RK 05

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