Although Vatican II urged moral theologians to pay attention to Scripture and the Christian vocation the old wineskins of traditional moral theology burst under the ferment of new biblical personalist and liberationist contents Connecting Scripture and moral theology has proven to be a formidabl

In the last decade or two we have witnessed a spirited revival of the rhetoric of design Sometimes this translates into a modest case for a peaceful settlement of the science religion skirmish For the proponents of the modern Intelligent Design I D movement however a negotiated truce is not a

In the introduction to Utilitarianism 1861 John Stuart Mill remarks that ethics unlike science must always revert to first principles If we are to argue coherently in favor of some course of action in personal or social life we must appeal to a basic principle or set of principles justifying

In this admirably researched study of women rsquo s spirituality in 16th- and 17th-century Spain Stephen Haliczer Distinguished Research Professor of History at Northern Illinois University provides a panoramic yet detailed account of women who constructed their religious identity and authority i

Many Catholics today seem content to attend Mass on Sunday send our children to Catholic schools and worship the gods of materialism and secularism for the other 167 hours of the week Matthew Kelly a motivational speaker and unabashed Catholic evangelist is a post-Vatican II Catholic who writes

Why is there so little organized liberal opposition to the war The writer George Packer asked this question in the New York Times Magazine eight months ago before the occupation of Iraq dissolved into sniper attacks on American troops and rallies led by disgruntled clerics before American tanks r