====== Moral Theology Books ======

Also look into the [[:books:philosophy|moral philosophy books]].

====== Particular Fields of Theology ======

  * [[:books:theology|Theology Index]]
  * [[:books:theology:scripture|Scripture]]
  * [[:books:theology:dogmatic|Dogmatic]]
  * [[:books:theology:liturgical|Liturgical]]
  * [[:books:theology:moral|Moral]]
  * [[:books:theology:spirituality|Spirituality]]
  * [[:books:theology:primary-sources|Primary Sources]]
  * [[:books:theology:theologians|Theologians to Read]]
  * [[:books:theology:abbreviations|Abbreviations]]

====== Journals ======

  * [[https://www.ncbcenter.org/ncbquarterly|National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly]]

====== References ======

  * Teologia Morale by Paolo Benanti
      * I DIZIONARI SAN PAOLO

====== General ======

  * [[http://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_06081993_veritatis-splendor.html|Veritatis Splendor]] by JP II [R]
  * [[https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_30111980_dives-in-misericordia.html|Dives in Misericodia]] by JP II [R]
      * The role of mercy in the Christian life
  * [[https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/1984/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_11021984_salvifici-doloris.html|Salvifici Doloris]] by JP II
  * Anderson, Justin M. 2020. //Virtue and grace in the theology of Thomas Aquinas//. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  * Cessario, Romanus. 2013. //Introduction to moral theology//. Washington, D.C: Catholic University of America Press.
  * Connors, Ryan. //Rethinking Cooperation with Evil: A Virtue-Based Approach//. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2023.
  * Pinckaers, Servais. 2015. //Passions & virtue//. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press.
  * Pinckaers, Servais. 1998. //The pursuit of happiness - God's way: living the Beatitudes//. New York: Alba House.
  * Pinckaers, Servais. 2001. //The sources of Christian ethics//. Edinburgh: T & T Clark.
  * Rhonheimer, Martin, and William F. Murphy. 2009. //The perspective of the acting person: essays in the renewal of thomistic moral philosophy//. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press.
  * Rhonheimer, Martin, and Gerald Malsbary. 2001. //The perspective of morality: philosophical foundations of Thomistic virtue ethics//. Washington (D.C.): Catholic University of America Press.
  * Spitzer, Robert J., Robin A. Bernhoft, and Camille E. De Blasi. 2002. //Healing the culture: a commonsense philosophy of happiness, freedom, and the life issues//. San Francisco, California: Ignatius Press.

====== Sexual Ethics ======

See also the sections in [[:books:philosophy|]] and [[:books:science|]].

===== General =====

  * Grabowski, John S. 2012. //Sex and Virtue: An Introduction to Sexual Ethics (Catholic Moral Thought, Volume 2)//. Catholic University of America Press.
  * Rhonheimer, Martin, and William. F. Murphy. 2010. //Ethics of Procreation and the Defense of Human Life: Contraception, Artificial Fertilization, and Abortion//. Washington (D.C.): The Catholic University of America Press.
  * Von Hildebrand, Dietrich, Alice Von Hildebrand, and Dietrich Von Hildebrand. 2017. //In Defense of Purity: An Analysis of the Catholic Ideals of Purity and Virginity//. Steubenville: Hildebrand Press.
  * Von Hildebrand, Dietrich. 1969. //The Encyclical //Humanae Vitae// a Sign of Contradiction//. Chicago: Franciscan Herald Press.
  * [[http://www.vatican.va/content/paul-vi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-vi_enc_25071968_humanae-vitae.html|Humanae Vitae]] by Paul VI
  * Wojtyła, Karol, and H. T. Willetts. 1982. //Love and Responsibility//. London: Collins.
  * Johannes Paulus, and Michael Waldstein. 2006. //Man and Woman He created Them: A Theology of the Body//. Boston, MA: Pauline Books & Media.

===== Gender =====

  * Favale, Abigail. 2022. //The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory//. San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
  * Frigerio, Alberto. 2022. //L’enigma Della Sessualità Umana//. Milano: Glossa.
  * Malo, Antonio, John M. Rist, and Alice Pavey. 2020. //Transcending Gender Ideology: A Philosophy of Sexual Difference//. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press.

====== Bio Ethics ======

===== Magisterium =====

  * [[http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19870222_respect-for-human-life_en.html|Donum Vitae]] by CDF
      * Theological principles for reproductive techniques.
  * [[http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20081208_dignitas-personae_en.html|Dignitas Personae]] by CDF
      * Development on Donum Vitae.
  * [[http://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_25031995_evangelium-vitae.html|Evangelium Vitae]] by JPII
      * Encyclical covering beginning and end of life issues.

===== General =====

  * Austriaco, Nicanor Pier Giorgio. 2021. //Biomedicine and beatitude: an introduction to Catholic bioethics//. Washington D.C: The Catholic University of America Press
  * Furton, Edward J. 2020. //Catholic Health Care Ethics: A Manual for Practitioners//.// Third Edition. //Philadelphia: National Catholic Bioethics Center.
      * Cole, Basil, O.P. Review of //Catholic Health Care Ethics: A Manual for Practitioners//  ed. by Edward J. Furton. //The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review//  85, no. 3 (2021): 493-499. [[http://doi.org/10.1353/tho.2021.0031|doi:10.1353/tho.2021.0031]].
  * Sgreccia, Elio, John di Camillo, Michael Miller, and John M. Haas. 2012. //Personalist bioethics: foundations and applications//. Philadelphia: The National Catholic Bioethics Center.
  * Fisher, Anthony. 2012. //Catholic bioethics for a new millennium//. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

===== Particular Issues =====

  * Kubick, Andrew S. //Transplanting the Womb: A Catholic Bioethical Analysis//. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2023.

====== Social ======

===== Magisterium =====

  * [[http://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum.html|Rerum Novarum]] by Leo XII
      * Labor question
  * [[http://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xi_enc_19310515_quadragesimo-anno.html|Quadregesimo Anno]] by Pius XI
      * Development of Rerum Novarum and subsidiarity is enshired as term of social morals.
  * [[http://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xi_enc_19370319_divini-redemptoris.html|Divini Redemptoris]] by Pius XI
      * Against athiestic communism.
  * [[http://www.vatican.va/content/john-xxiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_j-xxiii_enc_15051961_mater.html|Mater et Magistra]] by John XXIII
      * On social progress and the Church's relation to society.
  * [[http://www.vatican.va/content/john-xxiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_j-xxiii_enc_11041963_pacem.html|Pacem in Terris]] by John XXIII
      * Universal human dignity, global social responsibility, and nuclear war.
  * [[http://www.vatican.va/content/paul-vi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-vi_enc_26031967_populorum.html|Populorum Progressio]] by Paul VI
      * The develoment of peoples and ecconomic progress
  * [[http://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_14091981_laborem-exercens.html|Laborem Exercens]] by JP II
      * On the dignity of work and that work serve man not man serving work.
  * [[http://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_30121987_sollicitudo-rei-socialis.html|Sollicitudo Rei Socialis]] by JP II
      * Concerned with the of development in first and third world, development worthy of man, difference between development and progress.
  * [[http://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html|Centesimus Annus]] by JP II
      * On solidarity and reciprocity between God and man.
  * [[http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/justpeace/documents/rc_pc_justpeace_doc_20060526_compendio-dott-soc_en.html|Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church]] by The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

===== General =====

  * Benestad, J. Brian. 2011. //Church, State, and Society: An Introduction to Catholic Social Doctrine//. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press.

====== Particular Situations ======

===== Lying =====

  * Clem, Stewart D. 2023. //Lying and Truthfulness: A Thomistic Perspective//. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.