A Virtuous Church: Catholic Theology, Ethics, and Liturgy for the 21st Century

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Cultures and the Contemporary World Primal Culture 9 African American Culture 11 Hispanic American Culture 14 Asian American Culture 15 Classical Culture 16 Modern or Scientific Culture 22 Postmodernism/Postmodernity 26 2. Current Trends and the Church Globalization 35 Migration 44 Ecology 48 Migration and Relations with Other World Religions 51 Confucianism 52 Hinduism 53 Buddhism 53 Islam 54 Shift in the Center of Christianity from North to South 56 Christianity in the Twenty-First Century 59 3. The Bible and Christian Moral Life The Old Testament and Morality 66 The New Testament and Morality 71 4. Moral Theology and Ethics; A Historical Survey 85 Patristic Period 85 The High Middle Ages 88 Origins of Modern Moral Theology 93 Catholic Moral Theology and Protestant Ethics: Early Distinctions 98 Moral Theology in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries 100 Moral Theology in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 101 Initiating Reform 104 5. A Virtuous Church Virtue Ethics 113 Ecclesiology: Historical Background The Parish 138 The Diocese 142 Episcopal Conferences 145 The Universal Church 145 Some Tentative Conclusions 148 6. A Virtuous Liturgy and Sacramental Practice 151 Models of the Church and Sacramental Implications 152 Christology and Liturgy 153 Trinitarian Communion Ecclesiology 156 Worship in Spirit and Truth 157 The Paschal Foundation of All Christian Life 160 A Virtuous Life and the Sacraments 167 Christian Initiation 168 Confirmation 174 Eucharist 177 Ordained Priesthood 182 Marriage 186 Reconciliation 188 Pastoral Care of the Sick: Rites of Anointing and Viaticum 191 Other Liturgical and Worship Issues 193 Ecclesial and Liturgical Impasse and the Response of Lament 195