New Catholic Women

by Weaver, Mary Jo

• ISBN13: 9780253209931
• ISBN10: 0253209935
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-12-01
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

Summary

"Weaver fills an important gap in women's studies through her investigation of the intersection of the women's movement with the lives of contemporary Roman Catholic women." -- Iris"Mary Jo Weaver has charted the course of this new consciousness among Roman Catholic women." -- Rosemary Radford Ruether"This is the first full-scale study of how the U.S. women's movement has intersected with the lives and aspirations of American Roman Catholic women."  -- Elizabeth Johnson, Religious Studies Review

Author Biography

Mary Jo Weaver is Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University.

Table of Contents

New Catholic Women Ten Years Later
Introduction
Who Can Find a Valiant Woman?: American Catholic Women in Historical Perspective	p. 1
From Immigrants to Emigrants: Women in the Parish	p. 37
Inside Outsiders: Sisters and the Women's Movement	p. 71
Ordination, Collective Power, and Sisterhood: Foundations for the Future	p. 109
Enlarging the Discipline: Roman Catholic Feminist Theologians	p. 145
Affirming the Connections: Roman Catholic Feminist Spirituality	p. 180
Notes	p. 215
Index	p. 263
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