Good Catholic Girls How Women Are Leading the Fight to Change the Church

Name: Good Catholic Girls How Women Are Leading the Fight to Change the Church
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ISBN: 9780060570613

ISBN-10: 006057061X

ISBN-13: 9780060570613

Edition: 2005

Authors: Angela Bonavoglia

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The inspiring true story of the women who are fighting for the soul of the Catholic Church Angela Bonavoglia is a self-described "itinerant Catholic." Born a Catholic, she knew she would die a Catholic. She was resigned to living with the knowledge that the Church had failed to live up to its own ideals, but then she heard the story of one woman who had the courage to say no to the pope. That launched Bonavoglia on a journey of discovery, through which she found many contemporary women, all over the world, stepping forward to challenge one of the last bastions of male authority -- the Roman Catholic Church. She began to believe that change just might be possible. The recently exposed…

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List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 3/1/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.298




The revolt of the Erie Benedictines



The church and reform : a woman's place



New reformers, old reformers face off



Sex, priests, and girlhoods lost



Women, priests, and the myth of celibacy



The "A" word, the "C" word, and the fight for women's moral authority



Strife in the ranks : the abortion challenge to church reform



Redeeming the church's "sexual outlaws"



Catholic women for a new sexual ethic



New foundations : catholic women reshape theology



Catholic women raise the dead



The new face of catholic ministry



One woman who refused to wait : the ordination of Mary Ramerman



Women's ordination : calling the question


Epilogue : saying good-bye to Aunt Anne


The church and reform : list of progressive organizations


The church and reform : timeline of selected events