Moral Debates in Contemporary Catholic Thought: Paradigms, Principles, and Prudence - Hardcover

by James Bretzke (Author)

A lucid introduction to Catholic moral theology with individual chapters exploring such controversial issues as abortion, the death penalty, gender, economics, immigration, and more.

Author Biography

Rev. James T. Bretzke, S.J., is Professor of Theology at John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio. He previously taught at Boston College's Graduate School of Theology and Ministry and Marquette University. He also taught for several years in Seoul, Korea at Sogang University and as a Visiting Professor of Moral Theology at the Loyola School of Theology of the Ateneo de Manila, Philippines. He has published over ninety articles and reviews as well as seven books, including A Handbook of Roman Catholic Moral Terms (2013), A Morally Complex World: Engaging Contemporary Moral Theology (1994) and Consecrated Phrases: A Latin Theological Dictionary (1998).