Kevin T. Kelly

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Kevin T. Kelly (born June 27, 1933 ) is a British Roman Catholic theologian , priest and author .

Life

Kelly studied Roman Catholic theology at Upholland Senior Seminary in Lancashire and at the University of Friborg in Switzerland. He was ordained a priest in 1958. From 1998 to 2009 he worked as a priest in the parish of St Basil & All Saints in Widnes for around 10 years . As an author, he has written several works on ethics and pastoral theology. He has taught at Heythrop College , London, Victoria University of Manchester and Liverpool Hope University in Liverpool .

Works (selection)

  • 1967: Conscience: Dictator or Guide? A Study in 17th Century English Protestant Moral Theology (Geoffrey Chapman)
  • 1982: Divorce and Second Marriage: Facing the Challenge , (Collins)
  • 1987: Life and Love: Towards a Christian dialogue on bioethical questions , (Collins)
  • 1992: New Directions in Moral Theology: The Challenge of Being Human , (Continuum)
  • 1997: Divorce and Second Marriage: Facing the Challenge , (Geoffrey Chapman)
  • 1998: New Directions in Sexual Ethics: Moral Theology and the Challenge of AIDS , (Continuum)
  • 1999: From a Parish Base: Essays in Moral and Pastoral Theology , (Darton Longman and Todd)

Further contributions (selection)

  • 1989: 'The Role of the Moral Theologian in the Church', in R Gallagher & B McConvery (edits), Conscience and History, Gill & Macmillan, 8-23
  • 1998: 'Divorce and Remarriage', in Bernard Hoose (edit), Christian Ethics: An Introduction, Geoffrey Chapman, 248-265
  • 2000: 'Divorce', in Adrian Hastings (editor), The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought, Oxford University Press, 172–173
  • 2000: 'A Moral Theologian faces the new Millennium in a time of AIDS', in James Keenan (editor), with Jon Fuller, Lisa Sowle Cahill & Kevin Kelly, Catholic Ethicists on HIV / AIDS Prevention, Continuum, 324–332.
  • 2001: 'Some theological reflections on the parish reports', in Noel Timms (edit), Diocesan Dispositions & Parish Voices in RC Church, Ashgate, 167-180
  • 2002: 'Divorce and Remarriage', in James J Walter, Timothy E O'Connell & Thomas A Shannon (editors), A Call to Fidelity: On the Moral Theology of Charles E Curran, Georgetown University Press, 97-112
  • 2003: 'Resuscitation', in Peter Drury, Tony Flynn, Kevin T Kelly, Resuscitation: Whose Decision? Christian Council on Aging, 13-25
  • 2003: 'It's Great to be Alive', in Linda Hogan & Barbara Fitzgerald, Between Poetry and Politics: Essays in honor of Enda McDonagh Columba Press.

Awards and prizes (selection)

  • 2007: Honorary Doctorate from Liverpool Hope University

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ CatholicIreland.net: 50 Years receiving Vatican II: a personal odyssey
  2. ↑ Hope.ac.uk: Kevin Kelly
personal data
SURNAME Kelly, Kevin T.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kelly, Kevin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Roman Catholic theologian and author
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH United Kingdom