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Loyal Dissent
Curran, Charles E. (Scurlock University Professor Of Human Values, Southern Methodist University)
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Description for Loyal Dissent
Paperback. Charles E Curran has distinguished himself as the well-known and the controversial Catholic moral theologian in the United States. This title tells the story of Curran, a Catholic priest and theologian who, despite being stripped of his right to teach as a Catholic theologian by the Vatican, remains committed to the Catholic Church. Series: Moral Traditions Series. Num Pages: 314 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCC7; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
"Loyal Dissent" is the candid and inspiring story of a Catholic priest and theologian who, despite being stripped of his right to teach as a Catholic theologian by the Vatican, remains committed to the Catholic Church. Over a nearly fifty-year career, Charles E. Curran has distinguished himself as the most well-known and the most controversial Catholic moral theologian in the United States. On occasion, he has disagreed with official church teachings on subjects such as contraception, homosexuality, divorce, abortion, moral norms, and the role played by the hierarchical teaching office in moral matters. Throughout, however, Curran has remained a committed ... Read more
"Loyal Dissent" is the candid and inspiring story of a Catholic priest and theologian who, despite being stripped of his right to teach as a Catholic theologian by the Vatican, remains committed to the Catholic Church. Over a nearly fifty-year career, Charles E. Curran has distinguished himself as the most well-known and the most controversial Catholic moral theologian in the United States. On occasion, he has disagreed with official church teachings on subjects such as contraception, homosexuality, divorce, abortion, moral norms, and the role played by the hierarchical teaching office in moral matters. Throughout, however, Curran has remained a committed ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
Series
Moral Traditions Series
Number of Pages
314
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9781589010871
SKU
V9781589010871
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About Curran, Charles E. (Scurlock University Professor Of Human Values, Southern Methodist University)
Charles E. Curran, a Roman Catholic priest of the Diocese of Rochester, New York, is Elizabeth Scurlock University Professor of Human Values at Southern Methodist University. He was the first recipient of the John Courtney Murray Award for Theology and has served as president of the Catholic Theological Society of America, the Society of Christian Ethics, and the American Theological ... Read more
Reviews for Loyal Dissent
To some Fr. Curran is a radical progressive; to others, and angry dissident. The truth is that he is neither ... Read the book. National Catholic Reporter For an intellectually gifted young man like Curran, there could be no going back to a time when theologians simply submitted to ecclesiastical censorship. Whether one ultimately agrees with Curran or not, his ... Read more