Take back the truth : confronting Papal power and the religious right / Joanna Manning.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Manning, Joanna, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Feminism.

Sexism in religion.

Physical Description:

vii, 176 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Crossroad Pub., [2002]

Summary:

From the author of "Is the Pope Catholic?" comes this disturbing expos of the Catholic ChurchUs "new feminism." Manning shows how John Paul II has joined forces with Protestant fundamentalists to rein in the feminist movement and perpetuate male-only leadership through coercive and authoritarian uses of power. (September)

Contents:

1. What Is Truth? 1

2. The Deconstruction of Divinity 24

3. The Ambiguous Legacy of John Paul II 49

4. The New Catholic and Protestant Religious Right 81

5. Pedophilia and Sexual Abuse: The Terrible Legacy of the Church's Abuse of Power 123

6. God in Us and God in All 153

Appendix Blueprint for the Next Pope 160.

Notes:

"A Crossroad book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0824519760

OCLC:

49531466