How the Debate Over Birth Control Changed Catholic Theology
Monday, November 5, 2018 5:30pm to 7pm
About this Event
Boston College, 59-107 College Road, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA
https://www.bc.edu/centers/boisi/fall-2018-events/the-structure-of-theological-revolutions.htmlAuthor Meets Critics Panel on The Structure of Theological Revolutions by Mark Massa, S.J.
Panelists:
Lisa Sowle Cahill, Boston College
James Keenan, S.J., Boston College
Respondent: Mark Massa, S.J., Boston College
Moderator: Richard Gaillardetz, Boston College
2018 marks the 50th Anniversary of the landmark papal encyclical Humanae Vitae, which declared artifical birth control "intrinsically disordered" and marked an ethical line in the sand that has alternatively alienated and energized Catholics for the past 50 years. Mark Massa S.J. argues in his recent book, The Strucure of Theological Revolutions: How the Flight Over Birth Control Transformed American Catholicism, that the encyclical gave birth to a series of paradigm shifts in understanding what natural law is, and how it informs the moral life. Further, Massa examines the introduction of Humanae Vitae in order to make a case for how theological development is messy, disjointed, and hardly the result of one, unified, tradition.
Book signing following the panel; BC Bookstore will be on hand to sell books.