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Dr. Charles Curran Engages with the Question: What are Your Current Scholarly Interests?
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Interview Date
7-11-2002
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Abstract
What are your current scholarly interests?
Rev. Dr. Charles Curran discusses his developing thought in Moral Theology, which includes work in all areas of ethics. Recently, Curran has moved from bioethics to social ethics, as he believes this is the field that has the greatest need for academic analysis. His recent books have been on Fundamental Moral Theology and Catholic Social Ethics.
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Charles E Curran and Alfred Benney. "Dr. Charles Curran Engages with the Question: What are Your Current Scholarly Interests?" (2002) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/alfred_benney/132/
Playing Time: 2:51 minutes
About the Interviewee:
Rev. Dr. Charles E. Curran is the Elizabeth Scurlock University Chair of Human Values at Southern Methodist University. Dr. Curran is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has authored over three hundred publications on Catholic moral theology, social ethics, and the role of the Church as a moral and political actor in society. His book Catholic Moral Theology in the United States: A History (Georgetown University Press, 2008) won the American Publisher's Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence in Theology and Religion and the First Place Prize in History in the Catholic Press Association Book Awards.
About the Interviewer:
Dr. Alfred Benney is a professor of Religious Studies at Fairfield University. He has a Ph.D in Theology from the Hartford Seminary Foundation and teaches courses in Non-Traditional American Religions and Christian Religious Thought. His research interests include "how people learn"; "the appropriate use of technology in teaching/learning" and "myth as explanatory narrative". He has published work on teaching with technology.