Richard A. McCormick and the Renewal of Moral TheologyIn a career that spanned the periods before, during, and after the Second Vatican Council, Richard A. McCormick, S. J. (19222000), was one of the major American theologians who demonstrated broad interest in Christian theological ethics and has written extensively on the issues of fundamental and special theology. When the Second Vatican Council directed that attention should be paid to the renewal of moral theology, McCormick answered that challenge.