An Introduction to Moral Theology, 2nd ed.

by William E. May

Publisher:

Our Sunday Visitor

, 2003

Overview

Here - carefully documented, footnoted, and indexed - is not only what the Church teaches but also why it is obligated to do so. And, why its members are obligated to examine and to apply that teaching.

This updated and expanded edition of a text long trusted and widely used in colleges, universities, and seminaries (as well as in high schools and parish religious-education programs), offers the latest Catholic teaching on moral theology, including:

Moral theology: its nature, purpose, and biblical foundation

Human dignity, free human action, virtue, and conscience

Natural law, moral absolutes, and sin

Christian faith and our moral life

Read why - and how - living what the Church teaches can transform hearts, minds, and souls.

Product Details

• Title: An Introduction to Moral Theology, 2nd ed.
• Author: William E. May
• Edition: 2nd. Edition
• Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor
• Print Publication Date: 2003
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Pages: 320
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Christian ethics Catholic authors; Morale chrétienne Auteurs catholiques; Religion
• ISBNs: 9781931709927, 1931709920
• Resource ID: LLS:INTROMORALTHEO
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:06:26Z

About William E. May

William May is the Michael J. McGivney Professor of Moral Theology at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. Dr. May has taught courses for the Catholic Distance University. Along with John Finnis, Joseph Boyle, Robert P. George and Germain Grisez, he is one of the major proponents of new natural law theory, which draws strongly on the ethics of Thomas Aquinas.