Complexity of Family Relationships: Social Realities, Pstoral Dilemmas, Moral Understanding
Family relationships bring suffering and joy, success and failure, a reality that too often disappears behind an idealized image of "the Catholic family". Discernment of the moral responsibilities of families must engage the experience of those who live through family challenges on a daily...
| Subtitles: | "International Conference on Moral Theology: 'Pastoral Practices, Life Experience, and Moral Theology: 'Amoris Laetitia' between New Opportunities and New Paths'" |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2023
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| In: |
Marriage, families & spirituality
Year: 2023, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 12-25 |
| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy KDB Roman Catholic Church NCB Personal ethics NCF Sexual ethics |
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| Summary: | Family relationships bring suffering and joy, success and failure, a reality that too often disappears behind an idealized image of "the Catholic family". Discernment of the moral responsibilities of families must engage the experience of those who live through family challenges on a daily basis. The ultimate criterion of family relationships is whether they bear the fruits of the gospel: justice, love, and encouragement of all who need acceptance, care, and hope. The article explores these issues through a close reading of Amoris laetitia, including a discussion of the teaching of Thomas Aquinas on natural law on which it draws in order to highlight the difference between abstract moral norms and concrete applications on which the teaching of AL pivots. |
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| ISSN: | 2593-0486 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Marriage, families & spirituality
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/INT.29.1.3291812 |