Summaries / Resúmenes - Studia Moralia

THE 50 TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LAW OF CHRIST 243laxism, now becomes at times a kind of instrument of reactionand resistance to change.Employing a musical analogy, Arnzt then presents JosephMausbach as an Overture to the call for the renewal of moraltheology at Vatican II. The basis for this claim is thatMausbach, while broadly accepting the critique of casuistrytypical of his time, does not accept the displacement of thebroader theological tradition by the moral theology of St.Alphonsus as presented by Rome. His proposal for renewalinvolves the distinction between casuistry understood as thepreparation of confessors and moral theology as a science. Thekey idea here is a ‘theologization’ of moral theology (130). It isworth noting en passant some of the roots of the debate aroundthe theme of moral autonomy which has marked currentGerman moral theology.In the third section of this piece, Arntz examines the figureof Bernhard Häring and suggests that he can be understood astaking up the original Alphonsian aspiration of shifting theemphasis in moral theology from law to conscience. He sees agradual development in the thought of Häring between the timeof writing DGC and the publication of Free and Faithful inChrist. Recalling the 19 th century controversy, Arntz shows howa re-interpretation of Alphonsus moves toward an‘Alfonsianization’ of moral theology (139). Thus in Arntz’ view,the nature of moral theology as ‘constructively critical’ (140)attention to current circumstances can be seen in these examplesfrom the past and can serve as an indication of how moraltheology should understand itself in the future. This is not theplace to discuss in detail these rather sweeping claims, some ofthe them will be taken up briefly in the final section of thispiece.Marciano VidalIn Marciano Vidal’s contribution, Häring is presented as atheologian in the Alphonsian tradition (some problematicaspects of this approach will be taken up below). The piecebegins with a brief treatment of the idea ‘Tradition’ / ‘traditions’and specifically of the idea of an Alphonsian tradition. Thelonger second section presents Häring as an interpreter and