Catholicmoraltheology.com

[Innocent]

The [url=http://everydaythomist.wordpress.com/]Everyday Thomist[/url] is one of the blogs that I read through RSS Feeds. The theme of the blog, as is apparent from the name, is the application of Thomism to various current events.

Recently, I found [url="http://everydaythomist.wordpress.com/2011/03/28/catholicmoraltheology-com/"]this announcement[/url] on this blog:


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[b]Catholicmoraltheology.com[/b]
Posted March 28, 2011
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A wonderful new website is launching today called catholicmoraltheology.com. Here 15 talented young moral theologians will gather to offer their ethical insights and reflections on news, the lectionary, and topics of specific academic interest. As the mission states

We are a group of North American Catholic moral theologians who come together in friendship to engage each other in theological discussion, to aid one another in our common search for wisdom, and to help one another live lives of discipleship, all in service to the reign of God. We understand our role as scholars and teachers to be a vocation rooted in the Church and so we seek to place the fruits of our training at the service of the Church, as well as the academy and the world. We recognize that we as a group will have disagreements, but want to avoid the standard “liberal /conservative” divide that often characterizes contemporary conversation, as well as the bitterly divisive tone of so much ethical discussion (particularly on the internet). We therefore endeavor to converse with each other and others in a spirit of respect, charity, and humility.

Unlike some areas of theology which tend to descend in the arcane and incomprehensible, moral theology (or Christian ethics) is one that must be done always in and with the Church with an eye towards the world. This is because the subject of moral theology is how Christians can live a good life in relationship to God and neighbor. So this effect, Charlie of No Hidden Magenta has a post up on happiness.

Moral theology must also deal with the very complex moral issues that we read about in the news, offering insights that will help Christians prudently form a response. To this effect, Charlie has a post on whether having sex requires that you also consent to paying child support, whether you intend to conceive or not. David has a post of Libya. I have a post on Nebraska’s new fetal pain bill.

The blog will offer weekly commentary on the lectionary from an ethical perspective. You can subscribe to the lectionary section to help deepen your appreciation of the readings at Sunday Mass.

Everydaythomist will stay up and running, with about a post a week, as has been my custom for the past three years. Because cmt.com will not be open to public comments, I will also try to create a place for public comments at everydaythomist on particularly controversial or important issues. But cmt.com goes beyond what everydaythomist can do in offering a paradigm of theological and ethical dialogue and exchange. I hope you will find the new blog a resource in your own life.[/quote]


It looked interesting and so I thought I'd share it here.

Edited July 2, 2011 by Innocent

[Basilisa Marie]

Oh my gosh, my former moral theology/senior seminar professor is the editor for this site!!! [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/dance.gif[/img]

[TeresaBenedicta]

Oh wow- amesome!!!

[FutureSister2009]

This website can be beneficial for me as a theology major!

[Laudate_Dominum]

Sounds pretty sweet.