Women & Catholicism: Gender, Communion, and Authority

ISBN-13: 9780230111646 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 220 str.

Phyllis Zagano

Opis

The book investigates three situations in the Catholic Church that point to Catholicism's weak spot: the role of women in the Church. Zagano sheds light on the Catholic Church's hierarchically-imposed laws that keep women at a distance from the holy, whether as liturgical ministers, as wives of priests, or as priests themselves.

Recenzje

"Zagano s commitment to doing her homework is on full display as she ably synthesizes journalism, canon law, ecclesiology, and a solid working knowledge of church practice. It is helpful that, in a book that focuses on borderline cases, she seems committed to not taking sides." - National Catholic Reporter

"Equal parts informative and provocative, Phyllis Zagano s book exhaustively examines the questions of validity and liceity that surround the ordination of women to the diaconate and the priesthood. Ranging from Nebraska to Africa, from Moravia to Rome, Zagano scrutinizes theology and practice for a way beyond the present ecclesiastical impasse. Her argumentation is thorough and fair, her conclusions are sober and constructive, her commitment to a better future is beyond dispute. Zagano s freshness of approach makes this an indispensable contribution to a discussion that will not go away." - Paul Lakeland, Aloysius P. Kelley S.J. Professor of Catholic Studies and Director, Center for Catholic Studies, Fairfield University

"Phyllis Zagano has provided an honest, open, timely and necessary study that will hopefully contribute towards moving the church beyond the impasse in relation to the constellation of issues pertaining to women that it has found itself stuck in for decades. Whatever their ecclesial standpoint, anyone who wishes to understand more fully the realities of the disputes concerning women in the Catholic Church should read this book." - Gerard Mannion, Professor of Theology and Religious Studies and Director , Frances G. Harpst Center for Catholic Thought and Culture, University of San Diego

"Phyllis Zagano, well-known for her advocacy for the ordination of women as deacons, works within the Catholic tradition as a scholar who both respects and stretches existing boundaries. Her study of the irregular, scandalous, and at times perversely entertaining actions of various bishops regarding ordination and other matters presents disconcerting facts and raises uncomfortable questions not only about canonical inconsistencies but also and especially about institutional attitudes toward women." - Dennis M. Doyle, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Dayton

"Zagano untangles the difficult historical, theological, and ecclesiological strands that make up recent public and painfulinteractions of Roman Catholic authorities with sex and gender issues. The book provides a helpfulway into these difficult issues." - TerrenceW.Tilley, Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J. Professor of Catholic Theology and Chair, Department of Theology, Fordham University

Spis treści

PART I: JURIDICAL AUTHORITY: BISHOP BRUSKEWITZ, THE BISHOPS' CONFERENCE, AND CALL TO ACTION Community and Authority  Who is Fabian Bruskewitz?  The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops  The USCCB and the Sex Abuse Scandal  Bishop Bruskewitz and Call to Action  Call to Action and Call to Action—Nebraska  Call to Action  Communion and Authority in Lincoln, Nebraska  PART II: SACRAMENTAL AUTHORTIY: ARCHBISHOP MILINGO, THE VATICAN, AND MARRIED PRIESTS NOW!  Who is Emanuel Milingo?  Lusaka  Rome  Marriage, Moon, and Married Priests Now!  Married Priests, Faith Healing—Africa, Rome, and Around the World  The Excommunications of Archbishop Millingo  Questions of Communion and Authority  Personal Prelatures and Future Possibilities  The Underground Church in Czechoslovakia  PART III: JURIDICAL AUTHORITY, SACRAMENTAL AUTHORITY, AND WOMEN'S ORDINATION  Infallibility  Roman Catholic Womenpriests  The Sacrament of Order: History and Theology  Anglican Women Priests and the Validity of Anglican Orders  Ordained Women Deacons  Conclusions Regarding the Diaconate  Ordination, Excommunication, and Roman Catholic Women  Interlude: Ordained Women in the Underground Church

O autorze

Phyllis Zagano is Senior Research Associate-in-Residence and Adjunct Professor of Religion at Hofstra University and a columnist for the National Catholic Reporter .