Doing Theology And Theological Ethics In The Face Of The Abuse Crisis

This volume is the fruit of a “theological laboratory” initiated by the then-Centre for Child Protection and the Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church (CTEWC) called “Doing Theology in the Face of Sexual Abuse.” Eventually those from the laboratory engaged those meeting for two years via “virtual tables,” due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the end, twenty-six scholars offer insights on the crisis itself and pathways for moving forward. There is a certain urgency about this volume, which is not often reflected in works of theology or theological ethics. The sheer scale of the undermining of human dignity through sexual abuse that has occurred within the church asks questions of these disciplines and scholars within them: To what extent have we been blind to these issues? Why have our efforts in theology and theological ethics been so slow to wrestle with this crisis? How are theology and theological ethics implicated in the crisis? And how might the disciplines be constructive in responding? In this volume, we encounter a diverse range of scholars from all around the world wrestling with these and other questions.

Ad (Synodalem) Theologiam (Moralem) Promovendam M. Therese Lysaught ORIGINAL ARTICLES “And You, Africans: Who Do You Say Jesus Is?”: The Legacy of Laurenti Magesa for the Future of African Theology SimonMary Asese Aihiokhai A View from the Dunghill: Learning Forbearance in a Synodal Church Christopher McMahon Blade Runner’s Replicant Humanity: Self-Discovery and Moral Formation in a World of Simulation Jean-Pierre Fortin Afrofuturist Worlds: The Diseased Colonial Imagination and Christian Hope Adam Beyt Moral Exemplarism in the Key of Christ Noah Karger Power Literacy in Abuse Prevention Education: Lessons from the Field in the Catholic Safeguarding Response Cathy Melesky Dante, Mark A. Levand, and Karen Ross BOOK REVIEWS Andrew Blosser, The Ethics of Doing Nothing: Rest, Rituals, and the Modern World Keunwoo Kwon Erin M. Brigham and Mary Johnson, SNDdeN, eds., Women Engaging the Catholic Social Tradition: Solidarity toward the Common Good Sandie Cornish Charles C. Camosy, One Church: How to Rekindle Trust, Negotiate Difference, and Reclaim Catholic Unity Steven P. Millies Drew Christiansen, SJ, and Carole Sargent, eds., Forbidden: Receiving Pope Francis’s Condemnation of Nuclear Weapons Jacques Linder Stewart Clem, Lying and Truthfulness: A Thomistic Perspective James W. Stroud Daniel J. Fleming, James Keenan, SJ, and Hans Zollner, SJ, eds., Doing Theology and Theological Ethics in the Face of the Abuse Crisis Ramon Luzarraga Jennifer A. Herdt, Assuming Responsibility: Ecstatic Eudaimonism and the Call to Live Well Nicholas Ogle Mary Jo Iozzio, Disability Ethics and Preferential Justice: A Catholic Perspective J. Tyler Campbell James F. Keenan, SJ, A History of Catholic Theological Ethics Bernhard Bleyer D. Stephen Long, The Art of Cycling, Living, and Dying: Moral Theology from Everyday Life Jana Marguerite Bennett Eric Patterson and J. Daryl Charles, Just War and Christian Traditions Thomas Ryan

This book addresses the crisis of sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in Latin America, the region of the world with the highest percentage of Catholics. Bringing together research from across the continent, it demonstrates that abuse within the Church is indeed a global phenomenon, though abuses have taken different forms according to varying sociocultural contexts. With attention to abuses committed against children, women and vulnerable adults – by both men and women – within the settings of parishes, new religious movements and international religious organizations, it also raises questions of justice, asking how to assess the suffering of victims, how to deal with abusers and how to prevent abuses. It will therefore be of interest to scholars of religious studies, sociology, Latin American studies, criminology, theology, and religious leaders with interests in the abuses and scandals that have been revealed in the worldwide Church.

Outing Gay Priests: Toward a Theological Ethics of Privacy in the Digital Era Levi Checketts Pope Francis’s Apology to the Indigenous Peoples of Canada Doris M. Kieser The Papal Apology and Seeds of an Action Plan Archbishop Donald Bolen Papal Apologies for Residential Schools and the Stories They Tell Jeremy M. Bergen Pope Francis’s Apology Encounter and Meaning Christine Jamieson Missed Opportunities and Hope for Healing: Reflections of an Indigenous Catholic Priest—Interview with Fr. Daryold Winkler Doris M. Kieser and Jane Barter Walking Apart and Walking Together: Indigenous Public Reception of the Papal Visit Jane Barter Dialogue after Dobbs: Introduction M. Therese Lysaught, Mari Rapela Heidt, Mary Doyle Roche, and Kate Ward Intentional Killing or Right to Bodily Integrity: Can We Bridge the Moral Languages of Abortion? M. Cathleen Kaveny Towards Universal Communion Simeiqi He Captive Minds and Civil Dialogue: A Reflection on Catholic Universities in the Post-Dobbs Era David E. DeCosse Discerning the Roles of Reason and Emotion in Classroom Conversations about Abortion Jane Sloan Peters Holding the Tensions: Female Bodily Integrity as an Intrinsic Good Kathleen Bonnette Catholic Higher Education and Student Formation in a Post-Roe World: A Modest Proposal for Women’s Personhood and Reproductive Autonomy Maria Teresa Dávila Danger Invites Rescue: An Argument for Legal Protection of Unborn Life Holly Taylor Coolman A Call to Truth-Telling Jana M. Bennett Wisdom from a Reproductive Justice Framework Emily Reimer-Barry Substance and Style in the Prolife Discourse Daniel Daly Intellectual Hospitality as Guiding Virtue in Campus Conversations on Abortion Megan Halteman Zwart Lisa Allen, A Womanist Theology of Worship: Liturgy, Justice, and Communal Righteousness Xavier M. Montecel Anthony M. Annett, Cathonomics: How Catholic Tradition Can Create a More Just Economy M. Therese Lysaught Gerald A. Arbuckle, The Pandemic and the People of God: Cultural Impacts and Pastoral Responses Megan Bowen Jessica Coblentz, Dust in Blood: A Theology of Life with Depression Andrew Staron Abigail Favale, The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory Beth Zagrobelny Lofgren Grace Ji-Sun Kim, Invisible: Theology and the Experience of Asian American Women Fiona May Kay Li Jürgen Moltmann, Resurrected to Eternal Life: On Dying and Rising Steven G. Rindahl Lincoln Rice, ed., The Forgotten Radical Peter Maurin: Easy Essays from the Catholic Worker Marc Tumeinski Olga M. Segura, Birth of a Movement: Black Lives Matter and the Catholic Church Kate Ward Mark P. Shea, The Church’s Best-Kept Secret: A Primer on Catholic Social Teaching Marcus Mescher Kate Ward, Wealth, Virtue, and Moral Luck: Christian Ethics in an Age of Inequality Edward A. David J. Lenore Wright, Athena to Barbie: Bodies, Archetypes, and Women’s Search for Self Kathleen Cavender-McCoy

The Global Theological Ethics book series focuses on works that feature authors from around the world, draw on resources from the traditions of Catholic theological ethics, and attend to concrete issues facing the world today. It advances the Journal of Moral Theology’s mission of fostering scholarship deeply rooted in traditions of inquiry about the moral life, engaged with contemporary issues, and exploring the interface of Catholic moral theology, philosophy, economics, political philosophy, psychology, and more. This series is sponsored in conjunction with the Catholic Theological Ethics and the World Church. The CTEWC recognizes the need to dialogue from and beyond local cultures and to interconnect within a world church. Its global network of scholars, practitioners, and activists fosters cross-cultural, interdisciplinary conversations—via conferences, symposia, and colloquia, both in-person and virtually—about critical issues in theological ethics, shaped by shared visions of hope.

Church Ethics and Its Organizational Context is the first book to provide a broadly interdisciplinary approach to understanding the leadership crisis in the Catholic Church in the wake of the sex abuse scandal and how it was handled. Well-known scholars, religious clergy, and laymen in the trenches of church formation and leadership come together from the disciplines of organizational behavior, theology, sociology, history, and law, to foster the creation of a new code of ethics that is both ecclesial and professional. Touching on issues of governance, authority, accountability, and transparency, this volume goes on to specifically explore whether and how professional ethics can shape the identity and actions of Church leaders, ministers, and their congregations. While evoked by the sex scandal in the Church, the essays in this book raise questions that have implications far beyond this current issue, to much broader issues such as the role of professionalism in ethics and what it means for an organization to engage in moral action.

Catholic Peacemaking Edited by Jason King Military Sexual Assault as Political Violence and Challenge to Christian Ethics Meghan J. Clark Domestic Violence in the Domestic Church: An Argument for Greater Attention to Intimate Partner Abuse in Catholic Health Care Lauren L. Baker Studies in Scripture for Moral Theologians Jeffrey L. Morrow From Strangers to Neighbors: Toward an Ethics of Sanctuary Cities Gary Slater Round Table Discussion: Just Peacemaking A “Manual” for Escaping Our Vicious Cycles Gerald W. Schlabach A Virtue-Based Just Peace Ethic Eli S. McCarthy The Changing Vision of “Just Peace” in Catholic Social Tradition Lisa Sowle Cahill