Corso
Elenco corsi a.a. 2023/2024
Anno accademico 2023/2024

Teologia morale fondamentaleRA0606

6 ECTS
Sede di Gerusalemme
Secondo semestre

FINALITÀ

To introduce students of theology to the foundations, concepts and methods of Catholic moral theology. To equip them to critically involve themselves in discussions of moral issues. To keep growing in their aspiration for truth and goodness in the light of the Gospel.

ARGOMENTI

The nature of Moral Theology and the task of the moralist. The context of contemporary Moral Theology. The Bible and Christian ethics: Jesus and discipleship. Faith and morality. The human person: Freedom and knowledge. Sin and reconciliation. Conscience and its formation. The law and morality. The morality of human action. Moral decision making and pastoral-moral guidance.

TESTI

Birch, Bruce, and Larry Rasmussen. Bible and Ethics in the Christian Life. Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1976; Bohr, David. Catholic Moral Tradition. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock, 2006; Bretzke, James. A Morally Complex World: Engaging Contemporary Moral Theology. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2004; Catechism of the Catholic Church. 2nd Edition. Vatican: Vatican Press, 1994; Cessario, Romanus. Introduction to Moral Theology. Washington: CUA Press, 2001; Colom, Enrique, and Ángel Rodríguez Luño. Chosen in Christ to be Saints: Fundamental Moral Theology. Rome: EDUSC, 2014; Connors, Russell, and Patrick McCormick. Character, Choices & Community: The Three Faces of Christian Ethics. Mahwah: Paulist Press, 1998; DiNoia, Joseph, and Romanus Cessario, eds. Veritatis Splendor and the Renewal of Moral Theology. Chicago: Midwest Theological Forum, 1999; Gallagher, John. Time Past, Time Future: A Historical Study of Catholic Moral Theology. Mahwah: Paulist Press, 1990; Grisez, Germain. The Way of the Lord Jesus. Vol. 1, Christian Moral Principles. Chicago: Franciscan Herald Press, 1983; Gula, Richard. Reason Informed by Faith: Foundations of Catholic Morality. Mahwah: Paulist Press, 1989; Hamel, Ronald, and Kenneth Himes, eds. Introduction to Christian Ethics: A Reader. Mahwah: Paulist Press, 1989; Häring, Bernard. Free and Faithful in Christ. Vol. 1, General Moral Theology. New York: Seabury Press, 1978; Häring, Bernard. The Law of Christ. Vol. 1, General Moral Theology. Westminster: Newman, 1961; John Paul II. Veritatis splendor: Encyclical Letter Regarding Certain Fundamental Questions of the Church’s Moral Teaching. Vatican City: Vatican Press, 1993; Kennedy, Terence. Doers of the Word. Vol. 1, Moral Theology for the Third Millennium. Middlegreen: St. Pauls, 1996; Lobo, George. Christian Living according to Vatican II: Moral Theology Today. Bangalore: Theological Publications of India, 1999; Mahoney, John. The Making of Moral Theology. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986; May, William. An Introduction to Moral Theology. 2nd Edition. Huntington: Our Sunday Visitor Publishing Division, 2003; O’Connell, Timothy. Principles for a Catholic Morality. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1990; Pazhayampallil, Thomas. Pastoral Guide. Vol 1: Fundamental Moral Theology and Virtues. 4th Revised Edition. Bangalore: Kristu Jyoti Publications, 2016; Peschke, Karl. Christian Ethics: Moral Theology in the Light of Vatican II. Vol 1: General Moral Theology. Newly Revised Edition. Bangalore: Theological Publications in India, 1999; Pinckaers, Servais. The Sources of Christian Ethics. Washington: CUA Press, 1995; Pontifical Biblical Commission. The Bible and Morality: Biblical Roots of Christian Conduct. Vatican City: Vatican Press, 2010; Ratzinger, Joseph, Heinz Schürmann, and Hans von Balthasar. Principles of Christian Morality. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1986; Shelton, Charles. Morality of the Heart: A Psychology for the Christian Moral Life. New York: Crossroad, 1990; Willems, Elizabeth. Understanding Catholic Morality. New York: Crossroads Publishing Co., 1997.

NOTE

Upon completion of the course, students are expected to recall and outline the history of the development of the discipline of moral theology; to describe the nature of moral theology and identify the sources of Catholic moral theology (scripture and tradition); to present a coherent understanding of sin and reconciliation; to explain the role of conscience and its formation; to present an understanding of the natural law that is relevant to moral action; to analyse human action and the essential conditions for evaluating moral action; to recognize and apply the process of pastoral decision-making and moral discernment.

ORARIO

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