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In the last forty years Roman Catholic moral theology has been experiencing revolutionary tension and change. In this unique and thoroughly documented study a distinguished Jesuit moral theologian examines the events, personalities, and conflicts which have contributed, from New Testament times to the present, to the Roman Catholic moral tradition and its contemporary crisis, and interprets the fundamental changes taking place in the subject today.
Introduction; Bibliography; The influence of Auricular Confession; The legacy of Augustine; Nature and supernature; 'Teaching with authority'; Subjectivity; The language of law; The impact of Humanae Vitae; A pattern in renewal?; Index
'One of the most important works in moral theology ... It has no peer in English as a theological history of the discipline ... with its felicitous style and clarity of argument, this book should be equally captivating to the general reader.'American