Published: 2025-06-20

Inconsistencies in Catholic Social and Sexual Ethics: Towards a Reconciliation

Michael Lawler , Todd Salzman
Studia Teologiczno-Historyczne Śląska Opolskiego
Section: Articles
DOI https://doi.org/10.25167/sth.5839

Abstract

There is a long-noted methodological and anthropological divide between Catholic social and sexual ethics. We argue in three cumulative sections that Pope Francis’ Amoris Laetitia moves towards a methodological and anthropological integration of Catholic social and sexual ethics. First, we explain several anthropological and methodological dimensions in Populorum Progressio and Catholic social teaching; second, we explain several anthropological and methodological dimensions in Catholic sexual teaching; finally, we demonstrate how Amoris Laetitia integrates and builds upon dimensions of both Catholic social and sexual methodologies and anthropologies.

Keywords:

Amoris laetitia, anthropology, Catholic sexual teaching, Catholic social teaching, conscience, ethical method, Populorum progressio

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Lawler, M. G., & Salzman, T. A. (2025). Inconsistencies in Catholic Social and Sexual Ethics: Towards a Reconciliation. Studia Teologiczno-Historyczne Śląska Opolskiego, 45(1), 15–42. https://doi.org/10.25167/sth.5839

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