TRS 630A - Foundations of Christian Moral Life

List of Books for Review

Other works may be substituted for the following with the approval of the instructor.
Even if choosing a book from this list, please inform the instructor when you have made your
selection.

Foundational Issues

Adams, Robert Merrihem. A Theory of Virtue: Excellence in Being for the Good. New York:
Oxford UP, 2006.
Arpaly, Nomy. Unprincipled Virtue: An Inquiry into Moral Agency. New York: Oxford UP,
2002.
Ashley, Benedict. Living the Truth in Love: A Textbook of Moral Theology. New York: Alba
House, 1996.
Antonaccio, Maria. Picturing the Human: The Moral Thought of Iris Murdoch. New York:
Oxford UP, 2000.
Aquinas and Empowerment: Classical Ethics for Ordinary Lives. G Simon Harak, ed.
Washington, DC: Georgetown UP, 1997.
Arnold, J. Heinrich. Freedom from Sinful Thoughts. Farmington, PA: Plough, 1997.
Barcley, William. “Christ in You”: A Study in Paul’s Theology and Ethics. Lanham, MD:
UPA, 1999.
Bash, Anthony. Forgiveness and Christian Ethics. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2007.
Billy, Dennis C.S.s.R. Contemplative Ethics: An Introduction. New York: Paulist, 2011.
Blackburn, Simon. Being Good: An Introduction to Ethics. New York: Oxford UP, 2001.
Boyd, Craig. A Shared Morality: A Narrative Defense of Natural Law Ethics. Grand Rapids,
MI: Brazos, 2008.
Brady, Bernard. Christian Love. Washington, DC: Georgetown UP, 2003.
Bretzke, James. A Morally Complex World: Engaging Contemporary Moral Theology.
Collegeville, MN: Michael Glazier, 2004.
Browning, Don. Christian Ethics and the Moral Psychologies. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans,
2006.
Cates, Diana Fritz. Aquinas on the Emotions: A Religious Ethical Inquiry. Washington:
Georgetown, 2009.
Cessario, Romanus. Christian Faith and the Theological Life. Washington: CUA Press, 1996.
----------. Introduction to Moral Theology. Washington, D.C.: The CUA Press, 2001.
----------. Virtues, or, the Examined Life. London: Continuum, 2002.
----------. The Moral Virtues and Theological Ethics. 2nd ed. Notre Dame; UND Press, 2008.
Change in Official Catholic Moral Teaching. Readings in Moral Theology, no. 13. Charles
Curran, ed. New York: Paulist, 2003.
Childs, James. Ethics in the Community of Promise: Faith, Formation, and Decision. 2nd ed.
Philadelphia: Fortress, 2006.
Coleman, Richard. Eden’s Garden: Rethinking Sin and Evil in an Era of Scientific Promise.
Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006.
Connors, Russell and Patrick McCormick. Character, Choices and Community: The Three Faces
 Of Christian Community. New York: Paulist, 1998.
Conscience. Readings in Moral Theology, no. 14. Charles E. Curran, ed. New York: Paulist,
2004.
Cook, Christopher. Alcohol, Addiction and Christian Ethics. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2006.
Craigo-Snell, Shannon and Shawnthea Monroe. Living Christianity: A Pastoral Theology for
Today. Philadelphia: Fortress, 2009.
Curran, Charles. The Catholic Moral Tradition Today: A Synthesis. Washington, DC:
Georgetown UP, 1999.
-----------. Catholic Social Teaching 1891-Present. Washington, DC: Georgetown UP, 2002.
----------. The Moral Theology of Pope John Paul II. Washington, DC:
Georgetown UP, 2002.
----------. Loyal Dissent: Memoir of a Catholic Theologian. Washington, DC: Georgetown UP,
2006.
----------. Catholic Moral Theology in the United States Today: A History. Washington:
Georgetown, 2008.
Devettere, Raymond. Introduction to Virtue Ethics: Insights of the Ancient Greeks.
Washington, DC: Georgetown UP, 2002.
DeYoung, Rebecca Konyndyk. Glittering Vices: A New Look at the Seven Deadly Sins and
Their Remedies. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos, 2009.
DeYoung, Rebecca Konyndyk, Colleen McCluskey, and Christina Van Dyke. Aquinas’ Ethics:
Metaphysical Foundations, Moral Theory, and Theological Context. Notre Dame:
UND Press, 2009.
Demmer, M.S.C., Klaus. Shaping the Moral Life: An Approach to Moral Theology.
Washington, DC: Georgetown UP, 2000.
Dickau, Tim. Plunging into the Kingdom Way: Practicing the Shared Strokes of Community,
Hospitality, Justice and Confession. Eugene: OR: Cascade Books, 2010.
Dunnington, Kent. Addiction and Virtue: Beyond the Models of Disease and Choice. Downers
Grove, Il: IVP Academic, 2011.
Dyan, Arthur. Rethinking Rights and Responsibilities: The Moral Bonds of Community.
Revised ed. Washington, DC: Georgetown UP, 2005.
Earl, Douglas. The Joshua Delusion? Rethinking Genocide in the Bible. Eugene, OR: Cascade
Books, 2011.
Feldman, Fred. Pleasure and the Good Life: Concerning the Nature, Varieties, and Plausibility
Of Hedonism. New York: Oxford UP, 2004.
Finnis, John. Aquinas’ Moral, Political, and Legal Theory. New York: Oxford UP, 1998.
Fitterer, Robert. Love & Objectivity in Virtue Ethics. Toronto: University of Toronto Press,
2008.
Flannery, Kevin. Acts Amid Precepts: The Aristotelian Logical Structure of Thomas
Aquinas’ Moral Theory. Washington, DC: CUA Press 2001.
Gascione, Robert. Freedom and Purpose: An Introduction to Christian Ethics. New York:
Paulist, 2004.
Gathered for the Journey: Moral Theology in Catholic Perspective. David Matzko McCarthy
and M. Therese Lysaught, eds. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2007.
George, Robert. In Defense of Natural Law. New York: Oxford UP, 1999.
Gert, Bernard. Common Morality: Deciding what to Do. New York: Oxford UP, 2004.
Gomez-Lobo, Alfonso. Morality and the Human Goods: An Introduction to Natural Law Ethics
 Washington, DC: Georgetown UP, 2002.
Griffiths, Paul. Lying: An Augustinian Theology of Duplicity. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos, 2004.
Grisez, Germain. The Way of the Lord Jesus, Vol. 1 of Christian Moral Principles. Chicago:
Franciscan Press, 1983.
----------. Living a Christian Life, Vol. 2 of Christian Moral Principles. Chicago:
Franciscan Press, 1993.
Grisez Germain with Joseph Boyle. Difficult Moral Questions Vol. 3 of Christian Moral
Principles. Chicago: Franciscan Press, 1993.
Grisez, Germain and Russell Shaw. Fulfillment in Christ: A Summary of Christian Moral
Principles. Notre Dame: UND Press, 1991.
Gruchy, John W. de. Reconciliation: Restoring Justice. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2003.
Gula, Richard. Reason Informed by Faith: Foundations of Catholic Morality. Mahwah, NJ:
Paulist, 1998.
----------. The Good Life: Where Morality and Spirituality Converge. New York: Paulist, 1999.
----------. The Call to Holiness: Embracing a Fully Christian Life. New York: Paulist, 2003.
Gurorian, Vigen. Incarnate Love: Essays in Orthodox Ethics. 2nd ed. Notre Dame: UND Press,
2002.
----------. Tending the Heart of Virtue: How Classic Stories Awaken a Child’s Moral
Imagination. New York: Oxford UP, 2002.
Harrington, Daniel and James Keenan. Jesus and Virtue Ethics: Building Bridges between New
Testament Studies and Moral Theology. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005.
-----------. Paul and Virtue Ethics: Building Bridges between New Testament Studies and Moral
Theology. Lanham, MD: Powman & Littlefield, 2010.
Hauerwas, Stanley. In Good Company: The Church as Polis. Notre Dame: UND Press, 1995.
Hauerwas, Stanley and Charles Pinches. Christians Among the Virtues. Notre Dame: UND
Press, 1997.
Historical Development of Fundamental Moral Theology in the United States. Readings in
Moral Theology, no. 11. Charles Curran and Richard McCormick, eds. New York:
Paulist, 1999.
Hogan, Linda. Confronting the Truth: Conscience in the Catholic Tradition. New York: Paulist,
2001.
Hook, Brian and R.R. Reno. Heroism and the Christian Life: Reclaiming Excellence.
Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 2000.
Hoose, Bernard. Christian Ethics: An Introduction. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1998.
Intractable Disputes about the Natural law: Alasdair MacIntyre and His Critics. Lawrence
Cunningham, ed. Notre Dame: UND Press, 2009.
John Paul II and Moral Theology. Readings in Moral Theology, no. 10. Charles Curran and
Richard McCormick, eds. New York : Paulist, 1998.
Johnson, Wayne. Morality: Does “God” Make a Difference?. Lanham, MD: Rowman &
Littlefield, 2004.
Kaczor, Christopher. Proportionalism and the Natural Law Tradition. Washington, DC: CUA
Press, 2002.
Keenan, James. Moral Wisdom: Lessons and Texts from the Catholic Tradition. Lanham, MD:
Rowman & Littlefield, 2004.
----------. The Works of Mercy: The Heart of Catholicism. Lanham, MD: Sheed and Ward,
2004.
Kirkpatrick, Frank. A Moral Ontology for a Theistic Ethic. Surrey, UK: Ashgate, 2003.
Kleinman, Arthur. What Really Matters: Living a Moral Life amidst Uncertainty and Danger.
New York: Oxford UP, 2006.
Klofft, Christopher. Living the Love Story: Catholic Morality in the Modern World. New York:
Alba House, 2008.
Lebacqz, Karen. Justice in an Unjust World. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2000.
Levering, Matthew. Biblical Natural Law: A Theocentric and Teleological Approach. New
York: Oxford UP, 2008.
Liturgy and the Moral Self: Humanity at Full Stretch Before God. E. Byron Anderson and
Bruce Morrill, S.J. eds. Collegeville, MN: Peublo Books, 2002.
Logstrup, K.E. Beyond the Ethical Demand. Notre Dame: UND Press, 2007.
Lohse, Eduard. Theological Ethics of the New Testament. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1991.
Lovin, Robin. Christian Ethics: An Essential Guide. Nashville: Abingdon 1999.
MacIntyre, Alasdair. After Virtue Second Ed. Notre Dame: UND Press, 1984.
----------. Whose Justice? Which Rationality? Notre Dame: UND Press, 1987.
----------. Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry: Encyclopedia, Genealogy, and Tradition
Notre Dame: UND Press 1990.
----------. Dependent Rational Animals: Why Human Beings Need the Virtues. Chicago: Open
Court, 2001.
Maguire, Daniel. Ethics: A Complete Method for Moral Choice. Philadelphia: Fortress Press,
2009.
Martin, Mike. From Morality to Mental Health: Virtue and Vice in a Therapeutic Culture.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.
Matera, Frank. New Testament Ethics: The Legacies of Jesus and Paul. Louisville:
Westminster/ John Knox, 1996.
May, William E. An Introduction to Moral Theology. Huntington, IN: OSV, 1991.
McCarthy, David Matzko. The Good Life: Genuine Christianity for the Middle Class. Grand
Rapids, MI: Brazos, 2004.
McCormick Patrick and Russell Connors, Facing Ethical Issues: Dimensions of Character,
Choices and Community. New York: Paulist, 2002.
Meeks, Wayne. The Origins of Christian Morality: The First Two Centuries. New Haven, CT:
Yale University Press, 1993.
Meilaender, Gilbert. Freedom of a Christian: Grace, Vocation and the Meaning of Our
Humanity. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos, 2006.
Mele, Alfred. Effective Intentions: The Power of Conscious Will. New York: Oxford, 2010.
Melina, Livio. Sharing in Christ’s Virtues: For a Renewal of Moral Theology in Light of
Veritatis Splendor. Washington, DC: CUA Press, 2001.
Mills, Mary. Biblical Morality: Moral Perspectives in Old Testament Narratives. Surrey, UK:
Ashgate, 2001.
Mitchell, Craig. Charts of Christian Ethics. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2006.
Mitchell, Jolyon. Media Violence and Christian Ethics. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2007.
Moral Cultivation: Essays on the Development of Character and Virtue. Brad Wilburn, ed.
Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007.
Moral Soundings: Readings on the Crisis of Values in Contemporary Life. Dwight Furrow, ed.
Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2004.
Moral Theology: New Directions and Fundamental Issues. James Keating, ed. New York:
 Paulist, 2004.
Murphy, Jeffrie. Getting Even: Forgiveness and its Limits. New York: Oxford UP, 2003.
New Wine, New Wineskins: A Next Generation Reflects on Key Issues in Catholic Moral
Theology. William Mattison, ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005.
Noonan, John. A Church that Can and Cannot Change: The Development of Catholic Moral
Teaching. Notre Dame: UND Press, 2005.
O’Neil, Kevin and Peter Black. The Essential Moral Handbook: A Guide to Catholic Living.
Ligouri, MO: Ligouri, 2006.
Paris, Peter. Virtues and Values: The African and African American Experience. Philadelphia:
Fortress, 2004.
Pieper, Josef. The Four Cardinal Virtues South Bend, IN: UND Press, rpt. 1966.
----------. Faith, Hope, and Love. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1997.
----------. Leisure, the Basis of Culture. South Bend, IN: Saint Augustine’s Press, rpt. 1998.
----------. Happiness and Contemplation . South Bend, IN: Saint Augustine’s Press rpt. 1998.
----------. The Concept of Sin. South Bend, IN: St. Augustine’s 2001.
Pinckaers, Servais. The Pursuit of Happiness: God’s Way. New York: Alba House, 1988.
-----------. Morality: The Catholic View. South Bend, IN: St Augustine’s, 2001.
----------. The Pinckaers Reader: Renewing Thomistic Moral Theology. John Berkman & Craig
Stephen Titus eds. Washington, DC: CUA Press, 2005.
Pope, Stephen. Unlimited Love: Altruism, Compassion, and Service. West Conshohocken, PA:
Templeton Foundation Press, 2003.
---------. Human Evolution and Christian Ethics. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2007.
Porter, Jean. Moral Action and Christian Ethics. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1995.
----------. Natural and Divine Law: Reclaiming the Tradition for Christian Ethics. Grand Rapids,
MI: Eerdmans, 1999).
----------. Nature as Reason: A Thomistic Theory of the Natural Law. Grand Rapids, MI:
Eerdmans, 2005.
Practice What You Preach: Virtues, Ethics, and Power in the Lives of Pastoral Ministers and
Their Congregations. James Keenan, ed. Lanham, MD: Sheed and Ward, 1999.
Rae, Scott. Moral Choices: An Introduction to Ethics. 3rd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan,
2009.
Ratzinger, Schürmann, von Balthasar. Principles of Christian Morality. San Francisco: Ignatius,
1986.
Reuschling, Wyndy Corbin. Reviving Evangelical Ethics: The Promises and Pitfalls of Classical
Models of Morality. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos, 2008.
Rey-Mernet, Théodule. Moral Choices: The Moral Theology of Saint Alphonsus Liguori.
Ligouri, MO: Ligouri, 1998.
Rhonheimer, Martin. Natural Law and Practical Reason: A Thomist View of Moral Autonomy.
Trans. Gerald Malsbary. New York: Fordham UP, 2000.
----------. The Perspective of the Acting Person: Essays in the Renewal of Thomistic Moral
Philosophy. William Murphy, ed. Washington, DC: CUA Press, 2008.
Roberts, Robert C. and Jay Wood. Intellectual Virtues: An Essay in Regulative Epistemology.
New York: Oxford UP, 2007.
Salzman, Todd. Method and Catholic Moral Theology: The Ongoing Reconstruction.
Creighton: Creighton UP, 1999.
----------. What are They Saying about Catholic Ethical Method. New York: Paulist, 2003.
Schimmel, Solomon. The Seven Deadly Sins: Jewish, Christian, and Classical Reflections on
Human Psychology . New York: Oxford UP, 1997.
Sherwin, Michael. By Knowledge and Love: Charity and Knowledge in the Moral Theology of
Saint Thomas Aquinas. Washington, DC: CUA Press, 2005.
Simpson, Peter Phillips. Vices, Virtues and Consequences: Essays in Moral and Political
Philosophy. Washington, CUA Press, 2001.
Spirituality and Moral Theology: Essays from a Pastoral Perspective. James Keating, ed. New
York: Paulist, 2000.
Spong, John Shelby. The Sins of Scripture: Exposing the Bible’s Texts of Hate to Reveal the
God of Love. San Francisco: Harper, 2005.
Steck, Christopher, S.J. The Ethics of Hans Urs von Balthasar: Missioned in Christ. New York:
Herder and Herder, 2001.
Taylor, Charles. Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity. Cambridge, MA:
Harvard UP, 1992.
----------. The Ethics of Authenticity. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 1992.
Taylor, Gabriele. Deadly Vices. New York: Oxford UP, 2006.
Thacker, Justin. Postmoderism and the Ethics of Theological Knowledge. Surrey, UK: Ashgate,
2007.
The Pinckaers Reader: Renewing Thomistic Moral Theology. Ed. John Berkman & Craig Titus
Washington, DC: CUA Press, 2005.
The Psychology of Character and Virtue. Craig Stephen Titus, ed. Washington, DC: CUA
Press, 2009.
Thompson, Christopher. Christian Doctrine, Christian Identity: Augustine and the Narratives of
Character. Lanham, MD: UPA, 1999.
Values and Virtues: Aristotelianism in Contemporary Ethics. Timothy Chappell, ed. New
York: Oxford UP, 2006.
Veritatis splendor: American Responses. Ed. Michal Allsopp and John O'Keefe. Lanham. MD:
Sheed and Ward, 1995.
Virtue. Readings in Moral Theology , no. 16. Charles Curran and Lisa Fullam, eds. New York:
Paulist, 2011.
Wadell, Paul. Becoming Friends: Worship, Justice, and the Practice of Christian Friendship.
Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2002.
----------. An Introduction to Christian Ethics: Happiness and the Christian Moral Life. Lanham,
MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007.
Wasserstein, Wendy. Sloth: The Seven Deadly Sins. New York: Oxford UP, 2005.
Webster, John. Barth’s Moral Theology: Human Action in Barth’s Thought. Edinburgh: T & T
Clark, 2003.
Wielenberg, Erik. Value and Virtue in a Godless Universe. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2005.
Werpehowski, William. American Protestant Ethics and the Legacy of H. Richard Niebuhr.
Moral Traditions Series. Washington, DC: Georgetown UP, 2002.
Willems, Elizabeth. Understanding Catholic Morality. New York: Crossroad, 1997.
Winter, Michael. Misguided Morality: Catholic Moral Teaching in the Contemporary Church.
Surrey, UK: Ashgate, 2002.
With Mind and Heart Renewed: Essays in Honor of John F. Harvey, O.S.F.S., ed. Thomas
Dailey, O.S.F.S. Lanham, MD: UPA, 2001.
Woodill, Joseph. The Fellowship of Life: Virtue Ethics and Orthodox Christianity. Washington,
D.C.: Georgetown UP, 1998.
Zalot, Josef and Benedict Guevin. Catholic Ethics in Today’s World. Winona, MN: St. Mary’s
Press, 2008.

Feminist Ethics

Eschle, Catherine and Bice Maiguashca. Making Sense of the Global Justice Movement.
Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2009.
Feminist Ethics and the Catholic Moral Tradition. Readings in Moral Theology, no. 9. Charles
Curran, Margaret Farley, and Richard McCormick eds. New York: Paulist, 1996.
Feminist Time Against Nation Time: Gender, Politics, and the Nation –State in an Age of
Permanent War. Victoria Hesford and Lisa Diedrich. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books,
2009.
Fillion, Kate. Lip Service: The Myth of Female Virtue in Love, Sex and Friendship. New York:
Harper Collins, 1997.
Gilligan, Carol. In A Different Voice. Harvard UP, 1982.
----------. Meeting at the Crossroads: Women’s Psychology and Girl’s Development.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 1992.
Gilson, Anne Bathurst. Eros Breaking Free: Interpreting Sexual Theo-Ethics. Cleveland:
Pilgrim Press, 1995.
Grana, Sheryl. Women and Justice. Second ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009.
Harrison, Beverly Wildung. Justice in the Making: Feminist Social Ethics. Westminster/ John
Knox, 2004.
Held, Virginia. The Ethics of Care: Personal, Political, and Global. New York: Oxford
UP, 2004.
Irigaray, Luce. An Ethics of Sexual Difference. Trans. Carolyn Burke and Fill Gillian. Ithica:
Cornell UP, 1993.
Jarl, Ann-Cathrin. In Justice: Women and Global Economics. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 2002.
Norlock, Kathyrn. Forgiveness from a Feminist Perspective. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books,
2009
Nussbaum, Martha. Woman and Human Development: The Capabilities Approach. Cambridge:
Cambridge UP, 2000.
Potter, Nancy Nyquist. How Can I Be Trusted? A Virtue Theory of Trustworthiness. Lanham,
MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2002.
Patrick, Anne. Liberating Conscience: Feminist Explorations in Catholic Moral Theology.
London: Continuum, 1997.
Parsons, Susan Frank. Feminism and Christian Ethics. New York: Cambridge UP, 1996.
Potter, Nancy Nyquist. How Can I Be Trusted? A Virtue Theory of Trustworthiness. Lanham,
MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2002.
Traina, Christine L.H. Feminist Ethics and Natural Law: The End of the Anathamas. Moral
Traditions Series. Washington, DC: Georgetown UP, 1999.

Sexual Ethics

Anderson, Carl and Jose Granados. Called to Love: Approaching John Paul II’s Theology of
 The Body. New York: Doubleday, 2009.
Authorizing Marriage? Canon, Tradition, and Critique in the Blessing of Same-Sex Unions.
Mark Jordan, ed. Princeton: Princeton UP, 2006.
Cahill, Lisa Sowle. Sex, Gender, and Christian Ethics. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1996.
David Cloutier. Love, Reason, and God’s Story: An Introduction to Catholic Sexual Ethics.
Winona, MN: St. Mary’s Press, 2008.
Corvino, John. The Same Sex: The Ethics, Science and Culture of Homosexuality. Lanham,
MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1997.
Gardella, Peter. Innocent Ecstasy: How Christianity Gave America and Ethic of Sexual
Pleasure. New York: Oxford UP, 1985.
Genovesi, Vincent J. In Pursuit of Love: Catholic Morality and Human Sexuality. Second Ed.
Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1996.
Grabowski, John S. Sex and Virtue: An Introduction to Catholic Sexual Ethics. Catholic Moral
Thought Series. Washington: CUA Press, 2003.
Guevin, Benedict. Christian Anthropology and Sexual Ethics. New York: UPA, 2002.
Harvey, John. The Truth about Homosexuality: The Cry of the Faithful. San Francisco:
Ignatius, 1996.
Hogan, Margaret Monahan. Finality and Marriage. Milwaukee: Marquette UP, 1993.
Human Sexuality and the Nuptial Mystery. Roy Jeal, ed. Eugene OR: Cascade Books, 2010.
Lawler, Ronald, O.F.M. Cap., Joseph Boyle, and William May. Catholic Sexual Ethics: A
Summary, Explanation and Defense. Second ed. Huntington, IN: OSV, 1998.
Leaving and Coming Home: New Wineskins for Catholic Sexual Ethics. David Cloutier ed.
Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2010.
May, William. Marriage: The Rock on which the Family is Built. San Francisco: Ignatius,
1995.
----------. Theology of the Body: Genesis and Growth. Kindle ed. Boston: Pauline, 2010.
McCarthy, David Matzko. Sex and Love in the Home. London: SCM 2001.
Miles, Carrie A. The Redemption of Love: Rescuing Marriage and Sexuality from the
Economics of a Fallen World. Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2006.
Morse, Jennifer Roback. Smart Sex: Finding Life-Long Love in a Hook-Up World. Dallas:
Spence Publishing, 2005
Rees , Geoffrey. The Romance of Innocent Sexuality. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2010.
Riley, Patrick. Civilising Sex: Chastity and the Common Good. London: T & T Clark, 2000.
Sacred Rights: The Case for Contraception and Abortion in World Religions. Daniel Maguire,
ed. New York: Oxford UP, 2003.
Salzman, Todd and Michael Lawler. The Sexual Person: Toward a Renewed Catholic
Anthropology. Washington: Georgetown UP, 2008.
Schemenauer, Kevin. Conjugal Love and Procreation: Dietrich von Hildebrand’s Superabundant
Integration. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2011.
Solomon, Lewis. The Jewish Tradition, Sexuality and Procreation. Lanham, MD: UPA, 2002.
Van den Aardweg, Gerard. The Battle for Normality: A Guide for Self-Therapy for
Homosexuality. San Francisco: Ignatius, 1997.
Von Hildebrand, Dietrich. Purity: The Mystery of Christian Sexuality. Steubenville: Franciscan
UP, 1989.
Wojtyla, Karol. Love and Responsibility. Trans. H.T. Willets. New York: Farrar, Strauss, and
Giroux, 1981; rpt. San Francisco: Ignatius, 1993.
Women, Sex, and the Church: A Case for Catholic Teaching. Erika Bachiochi, ed. Boston:
Pauline, 2010.

Biomedical Ethics

Artificial Nutrition and Hydration and the Permanently Unconscious Patient: The Catholic
Debate. Ronald Hamel and James Walter, eds. Washington, DC: Georgetown UP, 2007.
Ashley, Benedict M. and Kevin D. O'Rourke, Health Care Ethics: A Theological Analysis 5th ed.
Washington, DC: Georgetown UP, 2006.
Austriaco, Nicanor Pier Giorgio, O.P. Biomedicine and Beatitude: An Introduction to Catholic
Bioethics. Catholic Moral Thought Series. Washington: CUA Press, 2011.
Beauchamp, Tom and James Childress. Principles of Biomedical Ethics. 5th ed. New York:
Oxford UP, 2001.
Briggle, Adam. A Rich Bioethics: Public Policy, Biotechnology, and the Kass Council. Notre
Dame: UND Press, 2010.
Buchanan, Allen. Beyond Humanity? The Ethics of Biomedical Enhancement. New York:
Oxford, 2011.
Cahill, Lisa Sowle. Theological Bioethics: Participation, Justice, and Change. Washington, DC:
Georgetown UP, 2005.
Choosing Life: A Dialogue on Evangelium Vitae. Kevin Wildes and Alan Mitchell, eds.
Philadelphia: Fortress, 1997.
Contemporary Issues in Bioethics: A Catholic Perspective. James Walter and Thomas Shannon,
eds. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005.
Controlling Our Destinies: The Human Genome Project from Historical, Philosophical, Social,
and Ethical Perspectives. Notre Dame: UND Press, 1997.
Cross-Cultural Biotechnology: A Reader. Michael Brannigan,ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman &
Littlefield, 2004.
Deane-Drummond, Cecilia. Brave New World? Theology, Ethics and the Human Genome
Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 2003.
-----------. Genetics and Christian Ethics. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2006.
Death and Dying: A Reader. Thomas Shannon, ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2004.
Death in the Clinic. Lynn Jansen, ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005.
DeMarco, Donald and Benjamin D. Wiker. Architects of the Cutlure of Death. San Francisco:
Ignatius, 2004).
Devine, Richard. Good Care, Painful Choices: Medical Ethics for Ordinary People. 3rd ed. New
York: Paulist, 2004.
Dowbiggin, Ian. A Concise History of Euthanasia: Life, Death, God and Medicine. Lanham,
MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005.
The Ethics of Organ Transplantation. Steven Jensen ed. Washington: CUA Press, 2011.
Ficarra, Rocco. Bioethics’ Rise, Decline, and Fall. Lanham, MD: UPA, 2001.
Flaman, Paul. Genetic Engineering, Christian Values, and Catholic Teaching. New York:
Paulist, 2002.
Genetics: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy. Thomas Shannon. Ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman &
Littlefield, 2005.
Gennaro, Rocco. A Dialogue on Ethical Issues of Life and Death. Lanham, MD: UPA, 2002.
Gert, Bernard, Charles Culver, K. Danner Clouser. Bioethics: A Systematic Approach. New
 York: Oxford UP, 2006.
Gill, Robin. Health Care and Christian Ethics. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2006.
Glannon, Walter. Bioethics and the Brain. New York: Oxford UP, 2006.
God and the Embryo: Religious Voices on Stem Cells and Cloning. Brent Waters, Ronald Cole-
Turner, eds. Washington, DC: Georgetown UP, 2003.
Health and Human Flourishing: Religion, Medicine, and Moral Anthropology. Carol Taylor and
Roberto Del’Oro, eds. Washington, DC: Georgetown UP, 2006.
Health Care Policy: A Reader. Thomas Shannon, ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield,
2004.
Health, Disease, and Illness: Concepts in Medicine. Arthur Caplan, James McCartney, and
Dominic Sisti, eds. Washington, DC: Georgetown UP, 2004.
Jersild, Paul. The Nature of Our Humanity: Ethical Issues in Genetics and Biotechnology.
Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 2009.
Jonsen, Albert. Bioethics Beyond the Headlines: Who Lives? Who Dies? Who Decides?.
Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005.
Kavanaugh, S.J., John. Who Count as Persons: Human Identity and the Ethics of Killing.
Washington, DC: Georgetown UP, 2001.
Keane, Philip, S.S. Catholicism and Health-Care Justice: Problems, Potential Solutions. New
York: Paulist, 2002.
Kelly, David. Contemporary Catholic Healthcare Ethics. Washington, DC: Georgetown UP,
2004.
----------. Medical Care at the End of Life: A Catholic Perspective. Washington, DC:
Georgetown UP, 2006.
Kupperman, Joel. Ethics and Qualities of Life. New York: Oxford UP, 2007.
Mackler, Aaron. Introduction to Jewish and Catholic Bioethics: A Comparative Analysis.
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Social Ethics

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