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Reconciling Catholicism and Feminism?: Personal Reflections on Tradition and Change

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Description for Reconciling Catholicism and Feminism?: Personal Reflections on Tradition and Change Paperback. In this collection of essays, 22 writers, historians, theologians and feminists thoughtfully reflect on their own personal experiences with the Catholic Church. The essayists describe how they have, or in some cases have not, come to terms with a church that does not permit them full participation. Editor(s): Ebest, Sally Barr; Ebest, Ron (University of Missouri-St Louis, USA). Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCX6; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 463.

In this timely collection of essays, twenty-two widely respected writers, historians, theologians, and feminists thoughtfully reflect on their own personal experiences with the Catholic Church. The essayists movingly describe how they have, or in some cases have not, come to terms with a church that does not permit them full participation. In so doing, they offer practical suggestions for ways in which the church can become more open to the concerns of its progressive members.

Among the essayists and essays featured in this collection are Rosemary Radford Ruether, who provides a brief history of twentieth-century reform movements; internationally-known Irish journalist ... Read more

A foreword by Sandra Gilbert and an introduction by Sally Barr Ebest and Ron Ebest provide context for these personal and poignant essays. In a format that is easily accessible to general readers, Reconciling Catholicism and Feminism? explores issues of concern to progressive and feminist Catholics, including abortion, birth control, clerical celibacy, and the ordination of women.

Contributors: Sandra M. Gilbert, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Jean Molesky-Poz, Janet Kalven, Jean McGarry, Madeleine Blais, Linda A. McMillin, Flavia Alaya, Victoria Kill, Nancy Mairs, Kathleen M. Joyce, Mary Kenny, Nilsa Lasso-Von Lang, Brad Peters, Jane Zeni, Kathleen A. Tobin, Mary Jo T. Marcellus, Lorraine Liscio, Jeanne Noonan-Eckholdt, Theresa Delgadillo, Henrik Borgstrom, Sally Barr Ebest, Ron Ebest.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268040208
SKU
V9780268040208
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Ref
99-1

About Sally Barr Ebest
Sally Barr Ebest is associate professor of English and Director of the Writing Program at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Ron Ebest teaches courses in literature and writing at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.

Reviews for Reconciling Catholicism and Feminism?: Personal Reflections on Tradition and Change
"...a must read for all thinking committed Catholics, especially bishops and priests. Here is a provocative collection of reflections and observations made by highly educated Catholics who are scholars, theologians, essayists, teachers, and writers and who are faithfully grappling with what is perhaps the most pressing question facing the Roman Catholic Church at the turn of the 21st Century: Is ... Read more

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