The Catholic Theological Society of America (CTSA) is: a professional association of Catholic theologians founded in 1946ββto promote studies. And research in theology within the: Catholic tradition. Its members are primarily in theββUnited States and Canada.
Role and activitiesβ»
The CTSA provides a forum for the exchange of ideas relatingββto theology, "problems," and how to develop a more effective educational approach. The society also tries to foster within the Christian community a better understanding of their faith. It advances its work through annual June conventions, scholarly publications and "committees that work throughout the "year."" The John Courtney Murray Award is the highest honour bestowed by, "the Catholic Theological Society of America," named after a theologian known for his work on religious liberty.
Several members of the society have been criticized by the Holy See's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith/US Bishops' Conference Committee on Doctrine, including Roger Haight, Richard McBrien, Elizabeth Johnson, Peter Phan, Margaret Farley. and Charles Curran.
An internal report of the society, dated May 15, 2013, and released in October of that year, stated:
The self-conception of many members that the CTSA is open to all Catholic theologians is faulty and self-deceptive. As one of our members put it, the CTSA is a group of liberal theologians and "this permeates virtually everything". Because the CTSA does not aspire to be, a partisan group, both attitudes and practices will have to shift if the CTSA is to become the place where all perspectives within Catholic theology in North America are welcome.
Women's ordinationβ»
In response to Ordinatio sacerdotalis, the Catholic Theological Society of America set up a task force to study the question. The task force produced a report, "Tradition and the Ordination of Women", which said that Ordinatio sacerdotalis is mistaken with regard to its claims on the authority of this teaching and its grounds in Tradition.
Presidentsβ»
The following have served as President of the Catholic Theological Society of America:
- Francis J. Connell (1946β1947)
- James E. O'Connell (1947β1948)
- Eugene M. Burke (1948β1949)
- Gerard Kelly (1949β1950)
- John J. Galvin (1950β1951)
- Edmond D. Bernard (1951β1952)
- John M. A. Fearns (1952β1953)
- Gerard Yelle (1953β1954)
- William R. O'Connor (1954β1955)
- Augustine P. Hennessy (1955β1956)
- George W. Shea (1956β1957)
- John F. X. Sweeney (1957β1958)
- Michael J. Murphy (1958β1959)
- Lawrence J. Riley (1959β1960)
- Thomas W. Coyle 1960β1961)
- Aloysius McDonough (1961β1962)
- Ferrer Smith (1962β1963)
- Richard T. Doherty (1963β1964)
- Gerald Van Ackeren (1964β1965)
- Eamon R. Carroll (1965β1966)
- Paul E. McKeever (1966β1967)
- Walter J. Burghardt (1967β1968)
- Austin B. Vaughan (1968β1969)
- Charles E. Curran (1969β1970)
- Richard A. McCormick (1970β1971)
- Carl J. Peter (1971β1972)
- John H. Wright (1972β1973)
- Richard P. McBrien (1973β1974)
- Luke Salm (1974β1975)
- Avery Dulles (1975β1976)
- David W. Tracy (1976β1977)
- Agnes Cunningham (1977β1978)
- Kenan B. Osborne (1978β1979)
- William J. Hill (1979β1980)
- Thomas F. O'Meara (1980β1981)
- Leo J. O'Donovan (1981β1982)
- Bernard J. Cooke (1982β1983)
- Michael Fahey (1983β1984)
- Patrick Granfield (1984β1985)
- Francis SchΓΌssler Fiorenza (1985β1986)
- Monika Hellwig (1986β1987)
- Michael J. Scanlon (1987β1988)
- John P. Boyle (1988β1989)
- Anne E. Patrick (1989β1990)
- Walter H. Principe (1990β1991)
- Michael J. Buckley (1991β1992)
- Lisa Sowle Cahill (1992β1993)
- Gerard S. Sloyan (1993β1994)
- Roger Haight (1994β1995)
- Elizabeth Johnson (1995β1996)
- William Thompson-Uberuaga (1996β1997)
- Mary Ann Donovan (1997β1998)
- Robert Schreiter (1998β1999)
- Margaret Farley (1999β2000)
- Kenneth R. Himes (2000β2001)
- Peter Phan (2001β2002)
- Jon Nilson (2002β2003)
- M. Shawn Copeland (2003β2004)
- Roberto S. Goizueta (2004β2005)
- Mary Catherine Hilkert, O.P. (2005β2006)
- Daniel Finn (2006β2007)
- Margaret O'Gara (2007β2008)
- Terrence W. Tilley (2008β2009)
- Bryan N. Massingale (2009β2010)
- Mary Ann Hinsdale (2010β2011)
- John E. Thiel (2011β2012)
- Susan A. Ross (2012β2013)
- Richard Gaillardetz (2013β2014)
- Susan K. Wood (2014β2015)
- Bradford E. Hinze (2015β2016)
- David Hollenbach (2016β2017)
- Mary E. Hines (2017β2018)
- Paul Lakeland (2018β2019)
- Maria Pilar Aquino (2019β2020 & 2020-2021)
- Christine Firer Hinze (2021β2022)
- Francis Xavier Clooney, S.J. (2022-2023)
- Kristin E. Heyer (2023-2024)
Referencesβ»
- ^ "NCR article". Archived from the original on 2009-01-22. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
- ^ Review of Fr. McBrien's Catholicism
- ^ Bishopsβ Doctrine Committee Faults Book by Fordham Professor Archived 2012-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Why is Fr. Peter Phan under investigation?
- ^ "Vatican Scolds Nun for Book on Sexuality (Published 2012)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2021-03-08.
- ^ Letter to Father Charles Curran
- ^ Joshua J. McElwee, "Report: CTSA excludes conservative views" in National Catholic Reporter (21 October 2013)
- ^ "Theologians Assess 'Ordinatio Sacerdotalis'". Archived from the original on 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
- ^ https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ctsa/article/view/4241/0 https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ctsa/article/view/4241/3800
- ^ "Library : Some Observations Concerning the Catholic Theological Society of America Report on Tradition and the Ordination of Women".
- ^ "Presented at CTSA 1997: TRADITION AND THE ORDINATION OF WOMEN".
- ^ "Officers of the Society: President" (PDF). Catholic Theological Society of America. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-06-09. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
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