Conscience and Calling
Ethical Reflections on Catholic Women's Church Vocations
Published on 20. June 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-4411-4452-2 (ISBN)
Description
This volume probes the meaning and ethical implications of the powerful symbol of vocation from the vantage of contemporary Catholic women, with particular attention to the experiences of women religious. Intended as a follow-up to Liberating Conscience: Feminist Explorations in Catholic Moral Theology, the new book will benefit many readers, including Catholic leaders, laity, and religious, as well as persons interested in Christian ethics and American religious history more generally. The work treats twentieth-century history and more recent developments, including tensions between the Vatican and progressive Catholics, the development of lay ministries, and the movement to ordain women deacons, priests, and bishops.
Reviews / Votes
A great, great many stories need to be told about both vowed and non-vowed women if we are to articulate Francis' 'theology of women'. Patrick's work offers several such stories and, I hope, will spark interest and courage in writing more; her work deserves good and careful readings across the Church. * Studies in Christian Ethics * Conscience and Calling is a beautifully written and powerful tribute to the courage and dedication of women religious. In a volume filled with penetrating insight into the present situation in the Catholic Church, Patrick describes how religious women have both worked and struggled with church authorities but have emerged with their consciences and vocations intact and renewed. This book opens up a history that needs to be known and celebrated while offering its readers a moral framework for understanding what it means for all of us to answer our callings. -- Susan A. Ross, Loyola University, Chicago, USAMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
292 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-4452-2 (9781441144522)
DOI
CBID125472
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Person
Anne E. Patrick, SNJM is William H. Laird Professor of Religion and the Liberal Arts, emerita, at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, USA. She is a past president of the Catholic Theological Society of America and a founding vice-president of the International Network of Societies for Catholic Theology. Her writings on religious, ethical, and literary topics have appeared in many books and journals, and she is the author of Liberating Conscience: Feminist Explorations in Catholic Moral Theology and Women, Conscience, and the Creative Process.
Content
Preface
Introduction
1. "His Dogs More Than Us": Virtue in Situations of Conflict Between Women Religious and Their Ecclesiastical Employers.
2. Women and Church Authority: A Map of Responses to Injustice
3. A Ministry of Justice: The 25-Year Pilgrimage of the National Assembly of Women Religious (NAWR/NARW)
4. "Framework for Love": Toward a Renewed Understanding of Vocation
5. Vocation in a Transformed Social Context
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
Introduction
1. "His Dogs More Than Us": Virtue in Situations of Conflict Between Women Religious and Their Ecclesiastical Employers.
2. Women and Church Authority: A Map of Responses to Injustice
3. A Ministry of Justice: The 25-Year Pilgrimage of the National Assembly of Women Religious (NAWR/NARW)
4. "Framework for Love": Toward a Renewed Understanding of Vocation
5. Vocation in a Transformed Social Context
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX