Charles Curran

Fundamental moral theology, social ethics, role of the Church as a moral and political actor in society, Catholic moral theology

Fundamental moral theology, social ethics, role of the Church as a moral and political actor in society, Catholic moral theology

:: The Development of Moral Theology: Five Strands (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2013).

:: Catholic Moral Theology in the United States: A History (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2008).

:: Loyal Dissent: Memoir of a Catholic Theologian (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2006).

:: The Moral Theology of Pope John Paul II (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2005).

:: Catholic Social Teaching 1891-Present: A Historical, Theological, and Ethical Analysis (Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 2002).

For a complete bibliography of Curran, see Thomas W. O'Brien, "Bibliography of Charles E. Curran 1961-90: Thirty Years of Catholic Moral Theology." Horizons 18 (1991): 263-78, and O'Brien, "Bibliography of Charles E. Curran, 1990-2000: Another Decade of Catholic Moral Theology." Horizons 28 (2001): 307-13.

President of three national academic societies: The Catholic Theological Society of America, Society of Christian Ethics, and American Theological Society; member of the editorial boards of: Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics, The Ecumenist, Horizons, Journal of Religious Ethics, and Theoforum; first recipient of the John Courtney Murray Award of the Catholic Theological Society of America for distinguished achievement in theology; winner of the American Publishers Award for Professional Scholarly Excellence in Theology and Religious Studies (PROSE) for his 2008 book, Catholic Moral Theology in the United States: A History; Roman Catholic priest of the Diocese of Rochester, New York (ordained 1958)