Equal Calling?
Women's Struggle for Equality in the Church
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-00-628005-7 (ISBN)
Description
This personal tale reveals a passionate and startling critique from a loyal insider of the Roman Catholic Church. At a time when the Pope and hierarchy have censored debate on women being ordained as priests, it is a brave statement to make. Sr Helen observes women being hurt by the Church as they are fired from jobs without due process, called on last in decision-making and prohibited from preaching. Starting from her own spiritual growth as a woman, she goes on to conduct personal interviews with women of many backgrounds and religious experience across the world, including those who have felt the impact of women's ordination in Britain. Far from being a polemic, she gives voice to those who do not share her fears.
This personal tale reveals a passionate and startling critique from a loyal insider of the Roman Catholic Church. At a time when the Pope and hierarchy have censored debate on women being ordained as priests, it is a brave statement to make. Sr Helen observes women being hurt by the Church as they are fired from jobs without due process, called on last in decision-making and prohibited from preaching. Starting from her own spiritual growth as a woman, she goes on to conduct personal interviews with women of many backgrounds and religious experience across the world, including those who have felt the impact of women's ordination in Britain. Far from being a polemic, she gives voice to those who do not share her fears.
This personal tale reveals a passionate and startling critique from a loyal insider of the Roman Catholic Church. At a time when the Pope and hierarchy have censored debate on women being ordained as priests, it is a brave statement to make. Sr Helen observes women being hurt by the Church as they are fired from jobs without due process, called on last in decision-making and prohibited from preaching. Starting from her own spiritual growth as a woman, she goes on to conduct personal interviews with women of many backgrounds and religious experience across the world, including those who have felt the impact of women's ordination in Britain. Far from being a polemic, she gives voice to those who do not share her fears.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 135 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-00-628005-7 (9780006280057)
Copyright in bibliographic data is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or its licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Person
A member of the Catholic Sisters of St Joseph of Medaille, a religious order committed to reaching out to the poor, Sister Helen Prejean is Director of Pilgrimage for Life and is on the staff of Hope House in the St Thomas housing projects. Born in Baton Rouge, she now lives in Matairie, Louisiana. In 1994, she won the US Christopher Award, for artistic excellence affirming the hightest values of hte human spirit, and in the same year also won the American Library Association Notable Book of the Year for Dead Man Walking.
A member of the Catholic Sisters of St Joseph of Medaille, a religious order committed to reaching out to the poor, Sister Helen Prejean is Director of Pilgrimage for Life and is on the staff of Hope House in the St Thomas housing projects. Born in Baton Rouge, she now lives in Matairie, Louisiana. In 1994, she won the US Christopher Award, for artistic excellence affirming the hightest values of hte human spirit, and in the same year also won the American Library Association Notable Book of the Year for Dead Man Walking.
A member of the Catholic Sisters of St Joseph of Medaille, a religious order committed to reaching out to the poor, Sister Helen Prejean is Director of Pilgrimage for Life and is on the staff of Hope House in the St Thomas housing projects. Born in Baton Rouge, she now lives in Matairie, Louisiana. In 1994, she won the US Christopher Award, for artistic excellence affirming the hightest values of hte human spirit, and in the same year also won the American Library Association Notable Book of the Year for Dead Man Walking.