Kevin E. O’Reilly

The Abuse of Conscience

Theology

“Utterly concise, lucid, and fair in his exposition, Levering brilliantly presents the contributions of a selection of thinkers who have cultivated the predominance in Catholic moral theology of a conscience-centered morality that seeks to be liberated from universal norms, as well as incisively outlining the thought of various figures who have critiqued this development. Levering at once affords the reader a subtle and penetrating diagnosis of the present crisis and, without explicitly addressing the issue, powerfully suggests the way out of it. We are once again indebted to this theological master.”