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Wang, Guan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-172). / Abstracts in English and Chinese ; includes Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / 論文摘要 --- p.i / Declaration of Anonymity and Confidentiality --- p.ii / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- The Moralists --- p.25 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- The Mainstreams --- p.73 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- The Radicals --- p.110 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Conclusion --- p.140 / Chapter Appendix: --- Interview Protocol --- p.167 / References Cited --- p.169

Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Hong Kong, 1990.

Thesis advisor: James F. Keenan / Kevin T. Kelly takes to heart the pastoral approach to moral theology. A Roman Catholic priest of the Liverpool Archdiocese in England, Kelly has distinguished his long career by being both a moral theologian and a pastor at the same time. Through his moral theology, he strives to proclaim the good news of salvation not only to but also out of the experience of those who ordinarily are dismissed as sinners and hence excluded from the moral conversation. In more than forty years of ministry in seminaries and in parishes, he has devoted himself to such issues as those concerning the divorced and remarried, gays and lesbians, the unmarried but cohabiting, and those infected with HIV/AIDS. Throughout his writing, the question he unwaveringly puts before himself and his readers is: What is the Spirit saying in the lives of these people? Is it condemnation? Is it edification? Is it a cry for healing? Is it a call for justice? And what does this mean for the way we understand and practice moral theology? This study articulates Kelly's distinctively pastoral method of moral theology. Through an investigation primarily of his writings, it shows that his method, in responding to the demands of scripture and tradition, is infused with compassion and characterized by the interplay of experience and dialogue, with a keen interest in the perspective of those in the margins of the moral theological discourse. In the process, this research arrives at insights into the value of the pastoral character of moral theology and outlines some specific contours it takes as it engages the various moral issues that people face in their lives. There are four chapters to this dissertation. Chapter 1 presents what the pastoral character of moral theology means and what Kelly himself envisions as the role that moral theology plays in the church. To be pastoral is to be mindful of the needs of the community, particularly of people in distress. For moral theologians, this is a call to attend to the reciprocal relationship between moral principles and human experience. It therefore summons them to attend to the movement of the Spirit in the "messy and dirty" reality of everyday life and to teach in the church in a way that honors the never-ending process of learning from the Spirit through one another, a process which admits of and profits from disagreement even with the hierarchy. The next two chapters present the pastoral approach of Kelly at work. Chapter 2 offers a detailed treatment of his position on divorce and remarriage, an issue to which he devoted many of his earlier writings. Drawing from the personalist understanding of marriage enshrined in Vatican II and supported by contemporary scholarship on relevant scripture texts, Kelly argues that the church's ministry to the divorced and remarried cannot go forward and be truly pastoral unless the church modifies its stance with regard to the indissolubility of marriage and communion for the divorced and remarried. Chapter 3 follows Kelly as he grapples with human and ecclesial experiences through which the Spirit speaks. Responding to the diversity of teachings from the various Christian churches on such issues as contraception and in vitro fertilization, he explores the dignity of the human person as a common ground which these teachings uphold and on which moral theology can and should be constructed. Impelled to address in his capacity as a moral theologian the tragic phenomenon of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, particularly the structures of oppression that intensify the spread of this disease, he outlines basic features that Christian sexual ethics must have if it is to avoid collusion with such destructive and sinful structures. From Kelly's frameworks and foundations for the renewal of moral theology and sexual ethics, three themes stand out: the changing character of morality, the broader vision of wrongness beyond discrete self-contained acts by self-contained agents, and the re-thinking and re-configuring of sexual relationships. The study culminates with Chapter 4 in which I identify Kelly's pastoral method of moral theology as it emerges from all of the above. I portray it as being inspired by scripture and tradition, driven by compassion, and performed in the interlocking spheres of experience and dialogue. Furthermore, I elaborate on the three dimensions--communal, critical, and personal--of both experience and dialogue. Apart from providing a structure for the analysis of Kelly's legacy to moral theology, this articulation of his method offers a template for the pastoral practice of moral theology in the church. / Thesis (STD) — Boston College, 2010. / Submitted to: Boston College. School of Theology and Ministry. / Discipline: Sacred Theology.

Ng Chin Pang. / Thesis (M.Div.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 85-91). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgments --- p.i / Abstract --- p.iii / Chapter Chapter1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter2 --- Theories on Sex and the Emergence of Sexual Identity --- p.4 / Chapter 2.1 --- "Origins and Development on the Concept of Sex in the ""Western"" World" / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Augustine's Notion on Sexual Desire / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Protestant Theology of Sex / Chapter 2.1.3 --- "Emergence of ""Western"" Sexual Identity" / Chapter 2.2 --- The Concept of Sexual Desire in China / Chapter 2.2.1 --- The Discourse of Sexual Desire in Late Imperial China / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Transformation of Sexual Identity in Modern China: Male Homosexuality as the Verdict / Chapter Chapter3 --- Queer Theory- a Post-colonial Perspective --- p.38 / Chapter 3.1 --- Postcolonial Theory as a source of Theology Discourse / Chapter 3.1.1 --- From Colonialism to Post-colonialism / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Building a Hybridized Sexual Ethics / Chapter 3.2 --- Queer Theory as a Source of Theology Discourse / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Queer Theory and Queer Politics / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Queering the Socially Constructed Sexual Identities / Chapter Chapter4 --- A Post-colonial Sexual Theology --- p.59 / Chapter 4.1 --- The Modes of Discourse / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Transgressive Metaphors / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Hybrid Sexual Theologies / Chapter 4.2 --- A New Framework about Sexual Desire / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Building our Relations in Erotic Desire / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Beyond Sexuality and Spirituality Dichotomy / Chapter 4.3 --- Conclusion: Building an Inclusive Community / Bibliography --- p.85

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 290-302).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-334). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 2002. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 283-291).

Thesis (M.Sc.)--Acadia University, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 81-92). Also available on the Internet via the World Wide Web.

The purposes of this study were to investigate the effects of a structured educational human sexuality program on moral development and self-concept as well as the interrelationships between moral development and self-concept. The null hypotheses referred to the differences and gains in moral judgment and self-concept between treatment and control groups with sex as a mediator variable. Moral judgment and self-concept were measured by the Defining Issues Test and Tennessee Self-Concept Scale, respectively.The subjects were undergraduate students at Ball State University enrolled for CPSY 220 Interrelational Aspects of Human Sexuality (treatment) and NR 101 Introduction to Natural Resources (control). Seventy-four subjects completed the pre- and post testing measures and their results were subjected to statistical analysis.The treatment group was a structured educational human sexuality program consisting of cognitive, emotional and social components. The control group was a general studies course on natural resources. Both classes met during the Winter quarter, 1981-1982. Pre- and posttesting was done during the first and tenth week, respectively. The evaluators entered the classes during these times and administered the DIT and TSCS as measures of moral judgment and self-concept.A 2 x 2 repeated multivariate analysis of variance with significance considered at x.05 level was applied in the analysis of the data. Multivariate F's indicated no significant differences or significant gains as a function of treatment or sex on the DIT and/or TSCS. Practical significance was reported for all groups on the DIT P index except for females in the treatment condition. All of the three null hypotheses failed to be rejected. No significant posttest differences or significant gains were obtained. The structured educational human sexuality program did not have any significant impact upon moral judgment or selfconcept as compared to the control group.Pre- and post-Pearson r one-tail correlations were obtained on the DIT and TSCS. Positive relationships had been speculated to exist. The correlations were low indicating the two tests are generally unrelated.Descriptive analysis was done with religion and birth order to all the dependent variables on the DIT and TSCS. General findings were non-significant.