^[SU245] Interdisciplinary Course: Formation and the education of conscience

Semester I

friday 16:30 - 18:15

Course Information

Professor: NYUYKONGMO, Gerald Jumbam
Email: xw [email protected]

Language: English

ECTS: 4

Schedule:

Semester I

friday 16:30 - 18:15

Content

Education or formation of the Christian moral conscience is an indispensable subject in contemporary ecclesial formation. The insidious power of relativism – a dangerous ethic and morality, secularist in their radical aspects, – has spread like wildfire over the world and taken a postmodernity platform. The battle line has moved to developing countries and is ravaging indigenous and original moral traditions. The challenges are complex. What is the voice and position of the Church in the face of this condition? How should a Christian conscience formed and educated to face these circumstances? How does the Second Vatican Council and the pontificates during and after the Council help in facing such situations?

Bibliography

VATICAN II, Gaudium Et Spes, (Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World), (December 7, 1965); G. JANKUNAS, Dictatorship of Relativism: Pope Benedict XVI's Response, Alba House, Chicago 2011; C. ASTORGA, Catholic Moral Theology and Social Ethics, Orbis Books, Maryknoll 2013; J. KEKES, Moral Wisdom and Good Lives, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y, 1995; R. SORABJI, Moral Conscience through the Ages: Fifth Century BCE to the Present, Oxford University Press, London 2014; ZUCCARO C., Fundamental Moral Theology, Urbaniana University Press, Rome 2015; Smith R.J., "The nature and function of conscience in the moral theology of Germain Grisez and Bernard Haering" (1992). Dissertations (1962 - 2010) Access via Proquest Digital Dissertations. AAI9318931.