English Reformer John Frith on Catholic Theology of Purgatory

The Catholic theology of genetic manipulation.

A Catholic Theology Of Employment-at-Will.

Objectives:  to understand the unique relationship employment-at-will creates between employer and employee;  to examine the intersection of recent papal thought on the dignity of work and this unique relationship; and  to determine the implications of this intersection for a continually financially stained Catholic healthcare systems.

Bioethics in Catholic Theology and Scientific Bioethics

Every creature is good and subject to the principle of solidarity that everyone has been blessed and gifted with life by God. Therefore, we cannot have one without the other, and no man exists without an animal. Over the last several decades, our world has been confronted with many ethical problems and ethics is being more and more sought after in spheres of human conduct and profession. Man ha...

Notes on Moral Theology Marriage: Developments in Catholic Theology and Ethics

[Roman Catholic teaching on marriage focuses on interpersonal love of spouses, of which sacramentality and procreation are dimensions. Post Vatican II disputes about sexual morality, divorce, and birth control have taken place in this general context. A new generation of scholars—married, with children—argues for a more social view of marriage, with special concern about socioeconomic pressures...

Robert John Russell’s Theology of God’s Action

This essay explains and analyzes Robert John Russell’s theory of divine action. Russell’s proposal has exercised significant influence on others working in the area of science and religion with interests in Christian systematic theology. It would be valuable to trace the lines of that influence, but I do not have space to do that here. I can testify to his influence in more personal terms, howe...