{"product_id":"crisis-and-challenge-in-the-roman-catholic-church-perspectives-on-decline-and-reformation-9781793604934","title":"Crisis and Challenge in the Roman Catholic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume explores the historical, theological, sociological, and ethical dimensions of the current issues threatening the two thousand-year-old Roman Catholic Church. The interdisciplinary analysis contained within the volume exposes the destructive convictions and actions of the Roman Catholic clergy that has produced the current institutional crisis while suggesting options for moving forward. Documenting the cases that constitute the many crises currently surrounding Catholicism, the volume aims to provide clarity and conscience. At the same time, with a constructive vision of an ethics and religious practice rooted in integrity and transparency, the authors offer a path towards holistic and holy reformation by and for Catholics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 257-page book provides an impressive analysis of the Roman Catholic Church today. It is substantial, wide-ranging, rich in compelling insights. Twelve authors, each competent in her\/his own right, offer facts and conclusions. . . . I recommend this book to every person who values Jesus’ dream of establishing a ‘kingdom of love’ and a community of faith in which all are brothers and sisters inspired by his vision.\u003c\/p\u003e * Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research *\u003cbr\u003eThis superb collection of essays provides Catholics with a series of high-powered lenses for examining the monolith of clerical corruption that has thwarted Gospel justice in the 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e century. Moving us deeper into the root causes behind today’s painful headlines, individual contributors not only demonstrate the power of feminist analyses in exposing the long arc of sacralized misogyny and sexism, they unflinchingly expose prelates who cover up crimes and illuminate the power of the #MeToo movement to shift the narrative and expose the lackadaisical reporting by media outlets on the abuse of women religious in recent years. Overall, these contributors remind us that muscular correctives are available and being engaged against a rotting clericalist system. They illuminate critical remedies for holding Catholic clerics accountable, establishing full equality for women, and transforming hierarchical concepts of authority, power, and gender in order to carry out the work of the Gospel for today’s world. -- Deborah Rose-Milavec, Future Church Co-Director\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDebra Meyers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter One\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter the Smoke Clears: Insights and Challenges from Feminist Catholicism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMary E. Hunt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Two\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCleaning the Church Attic: Discarding “Uniformity and Division” for “Unity in Diversity”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Tenkotte\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCrises and Opportunities Since Vatican II: Conscience, Social Action, and Transparency\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePierre Hegy \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Four\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrave Injustice \u0026amp; Great Deception: The Ban on Women Priests Never Rested on Theology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMiriam Duignan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Five\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Deconstruction of Clerical Hegemony: Ending the Moral Dissonance and Abuse of Power\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSylvia Hübel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Six\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston: The Eye of the Storm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSiobhan Fleming\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Seven\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#NunsToo: Media Coverage of Sexual Violence against Nuns and Sisters After #MeToo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTara M. Tuttle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eight\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Perfect Victim: Childhood Sexual Trauma and Gendered Catholic Identity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJo Scott-Coe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Nine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAwareness of the Divine Feminine, Holy Sophia: Leaving Behind Roman Catholic Misogyny\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMary Sue Barnett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Ten\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘I Am Heartily Sorry’: The Roman Catholic Church and Domestic Abuse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDebra Meyers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Contributors","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042614542679,"sku":"9781793604934","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781793604934.jpg?v=1750954863","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/crisis-and-challenge-in-the-roman-catholic-church-perspectives-on-decline-and-reformation-9781793604934","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}