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Interview Date
6-11-2002
Abstract
Is it possible for a Catholic to disagree with Church Authorities?
Dr. Charles Curran discusses his experience with authority in the Catholic Church, and the decision to label him as unsuitable to teach Catholic theology. Curran further discusses the role of dissent in the Church and to what extent dissent can be tolerated. This leads to his explanation that authority must reconcile itself with truth and good conscience even if this means changing past teachings.
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Curran, Charles E. and Benney, Alfred. Created by Alfred Benney. "Dr. Charles Curran Engages with the Question: Is it Possible for a Catholic to Disagree with Church Authorities?" June 2002. DigitalCommons@Fairfield. Web. https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/asrvideos/151
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Playing Time: 8:31 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.