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Moral Theology Books

Also look into the moral philosophy books.

Particular Fields of Theology

Journals

References

  • Teologia Morale by Paolo Benanti
    • I DIZIONARI SAN PAOLO

General

  • Veritatis Splendor by JP II [R]
  • Dives in Misericodia by JP II [R]
    • The role of mercy in the Christian life
  • 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 philosophy and 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.
  • 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

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. 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

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.
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