TY - BOOK ID - 135094708 TI - The dialogue between tradition and history : essays on the foundations of Catholic moral theology AU - Ashley, Benedict M. AU - McWhorter, Matthew R. PY - 2022 SN - 9780935372731 0935372733 PB - Broomall, PA The National Catholic Bioethics Center DB - UniCat KW - Christian ethics KW - Bioethics KW - Conscience KW - Popes KW - Catholic authors KW - Religious aspects KW - Catholic Church KW - Infallibility KW - Doctrines UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135094708 AB - "The decades following the Second Vatican Council witnessed Catholic theology's break from classicism. Deductive, classical theology was replaced by an empirical, historically minded theology. The result was moral confusion and intellectual controversy whose effects are still felt by the Church. Benedict Ashely agreed that some revision in moral theology was necessary after Vatican II to formulate and integrate the mysteries of the Catholic faith. The question was how such teachings could be reformulated while preserving their substantive content. Ashley presents a method of theological reflection that challenges the subjectivity, relationality, and language of historical mindedness with a tradition focusing on Scripture, the Magisterium, sound natural science, and a considered relationship between subjectivity and objectivity. This volume also contains commentary by four distinguished scholars: Matthew McWhorter provides an intellectual biography of Ashley, examining the development of this thought before and after Vatican II. Rev. Cajetan Cuddy, OP, reviews Ashley's philosophical theology in its principles, especially as grounded in natural law philosophy. Matthew Minerd assesses Ashley's approach to the authority of the Catholic Magisterium, the papacy, and the formation of conscience. Rev. Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, OP, evaluates Ashley's application of his moral theology to beginning- and end-of-life decision-making."-- ER -