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The structure of theological revolutions : how the fight over birth control transformed American Catholicism / Mark S. Massa.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Massa, Mark Stephen, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catholic Church--United States--History--20th century.
- Catholic Church.
- Natural law--Influence.
- Natural law.
- Catholic Church--Doctrines.
- Birth control--Religious aspects--Catholic Church--History of doctrines.
- Birth control.
- Contraception--Religious aspects--Catholic Church--History of doctrines.
- Contraception.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- Using Thomas Kuhn's understanding of 'paradigms' within the history of science, this text examines how different models of natural law were presented by Catholic theologians in order to offer more compelling and coherent understandings of what the natural law is, and how Catholic theology uses it. The author explores whether the application of Kuhn's ideas to the heated Catholic debates over natural law might offer a more dispassionate way of understanding the development of a theological micro-tradition.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 13, 2018).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-085142-2
- 0-19-085143-0
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