Conscience and Catholicism : rights, responsibilities, and institutional responses / edited by David E. DeCosse and Kristin E. Heyer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

DeCosse, David E., editor.

Heyer, Kristin E., 1974- editor.

Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church.

Conscience--Religious aspects--Catholic Church--Congresses.

Conscience.

Christian ethics--Catholic authors--Congresses.

Christian ethics.

Christian ethics--Catholic authors.

Catholic Church--Doctrines--Congresses.

Conscience--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Theology, Doctrinal.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 216 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Maryknoll, New York : Orbis Books, [2015]

Summary:

Leading ethicists and theologians apply their expertise and insights to one of the most pressing theological issues of our time: the relationship between individual conscience and Church teaching and practice. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 To Follow and to Form over Time A Phenomenology of Conscience / James F. Keenan, S.J. S.J., James F. Keenan, 1

The Weak, Sick, Conforming Conscience of the Laity of the First Fifty Years 1

The European Repudiation of the Manuals and Their Turn to Conscience 5

The American Rejection of the European Turn to Conscience 8

Conscience Today 12

An Application 13

2 Newman and the Problem of Conscience in Relation to Papal Infallibility / John R. Quinn Quinn, John R. 17

3 Three Modes of the Embodiment of Conscience / Osamu Takeuchi, SJ. SJ., Osamu Takeuchi, 27

Being a Good Person: Ryoshin or Conscience 28

Rokoro or Heart/Mind 29

Confucianism: Virtue Ethics 29

Making a Good Community: Wa 31

Seventeen Articles of the Constitution 32

Harmony and the Common Good 33

Conscience and the Common Good 34

Called to Be a Good and Holy Person: Conscience as Sanctuary 36

Ryoshin and Conscience: Relationship, Transcendence, and Embodiment 37

Conclusion 38

4 Conscience, Catholicism, and the New Science of Morality / Stephen J. Pope Pope, Stephen J. 39

The New Science of Morality 39

Mapping Conscience in Catholicism 43

Applications to Conscience in Catholicism 49

Conclusion 52

5 Conscience Formation and the Challenge of Unconscious Racial Bias / Bryan N. Massingale Massingale, Bryan N. 53

Racism Today: A "Cultured Indifference" 56 "Unconscious" Racial Bias 58

Cultural Conditioning and "Racially Selective Sympathy." 59

The Relevance for Conscience Formation 61

Toward a New Direction in Conscience Formation: Cross-Racial Solidarity 64

6 Joan of Arc, Holy Resistance, and Conscience Formation in the Face of Social Sin / Lisa Fullam Fullam, Lisa 69

Introduction 69

Joan of Arc 72

Method 75

The Unity of the Virtues 76

General Cardinal Virtues 77

Conscience Formation 79

Conclusion 82

7 Marriage Equality, Conscience, and the Catholic Tradition / Linda Hogan Hogan, Linda 83

Conscience and Context: The Context of Conscience 85

Moral Truth and the Formation of Conscience in the Post-Vatican II Church 87

Situated Moral Knowledge and the Personalist Conscience 89

Claims in Conflict within the Church: Marriage Equality 93

8 Marriage Equality in Argentina: Catholicism, Democracy, and the Situated Conscience / Emilce Clida Clida, Emilce 97

Introduction 97

Case Introduction: Process and Promulgation of the Egalitarian Marriage Law in Argentina as an Example of the Situated Catholic Moral Conscience 98

Political and Philosophical Framework: Conscience as an Empty Signifier of Social Antagonism 101

Theological Framework: God's War, Eschatology, and Social Inequality 103

Toward the Unity-in-Difference of the Situated Conscience: Antagonism andAgonism in the Construction of Popular Identities 106

Conclusion 109

9 Public Officers as Conscientious Objectors: Consequences to Reproductive Health in the Philippines / Eric Marcelo O. Genilo, S.J. S.J., Eric Marcelo O. Genilo, 111

A Case Study 112

Conscientious Objection in the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act 115

Conscientious Objection and the Exercise of Political Authority 116

Respecting Freedom of Conscience and Freedom of Religion 117

Interpreting the Common Good 119

The Public Officer's Conscience and the Implementation of the Law 121

Epilogue 125

10 Conscience, the Locus of our Being, and Anti-Conversion Laws in India / Eugene Rodrigues, B.S. B.S., Eugene Rodrigues, 127

Introduction 127

Enactment of Anti-Conversion Laws in India 128

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Freedom of Conscience: A Basis for the Indian Constitution 130

Anti-Co aversion Laws and Catholic Theological and Conciliar Arguments for Freedom of Conscience 131

Anti-Conversion Laws and the Catholic Church in India 136

11 From Catholic Healthcare West to Dignity Health Conflicts of Conscience in American Catholic Health Care / Carol Bayley Bayley, Carol 139

Two Cases 141

Healthcare and the Limits of Magisterial Authority: Conscience within the Catholic Church 141

Healthcare and the Limits of Magisterial Authority: Conscience, Church, and the Pluralist World 145

CHW Is Dissolved 147

Conclusion 150

12 "To Pardon What Conscience Dreads": Navigating the Contours of Precepts and the Contexts of Life / Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, SJ. SJ., Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, 153

Introduction 153

The Background and the Context 154

"This We Teach": HIV/AIDS and the Rhetoric of Conscience 155

Understanding What Conscience Dreads 157

"This We Do": Complexity of Conscience Formation 160

Conclusion 165

13 Can an Organization Have a Conscience?: Contributions from Social Science to Catholic Social Thought / Daniel K. Finn Finn, Daniel K. 167

Introduction 167

Options within Sociology 169

What Is Emergence? 171

What Are Social Structures and How Do They Influence Human Action? 172

Critical Realism and Catholic Social Thought 174

How Do Social Structures Change? 175

Organizations with a Conscience? 178

Conclusion 180

14 The Wisdom of Serpents: Conscience, Power, and Politics in the Abortion Controversy / William R. O'Neill, S.J. S.J., William R. O'Neill, 183

Re-enchanting the Public Sphere? 183

Three Political Maxims 187

The Politics of Abortion 192

A Brief Excursus on "Intrinsic Evil" 196

Conclusion 197.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

ISBN:

1626981442

9781626981447

OCLC:

908448149

Publisher Number:

99964772180