The struggle to serve : the ordination of women in the Roman Catholic Church / by Simone M. St. Pierre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

St. Pierre, Simone M., 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church.

Ordination of women--Catholic Church.

Ordination of women.

Women in the Catholic Church.

Catholic Church--Canada--History.

History.

Canada.

Local Subjects:

Catholic Church.

Physical Description:

xii, 203 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 1994.

Summary:

An academic inquiry into the role of women in the Roman Catholic Church ; calls attention to the injustices that women experience within the hierachic and patriarchal confines of the Roman Catholic Church. The main intent of this work is to examine the exclusion of women from the ministrerial priesthood in light of Schussler-Fiorenza and Ruether's process of conversion to a self-awareness that men and women are the Church.

Contents:

1. The Ordination of Women. The Conclusions of the Pontifical Biblical Commission. The Argument in Terms of Male Representation

2. Women in the Ministry of Jesus. Jesus' Maleness. Women in Jesus' Ministry. The Twelve

3. The Role of Women in the Early Church. Can Scripture Determine Appropriate Roles for Women? Women's Roles in Paul's Writings. Roles for Women in the Pauline Tradition

4. Overcoming the Lay-Clergy Dualism. The Lay-Clergy Distinction. The Official Treatment of the Laity. The Code of Canon Law. The Bishops' Synods. Ministry in the Church

5. Women in the Catholic Church. The Problem. Pastoral and Liturgical Roles for Catholic Women. Women's Inequalities

6. A Contemporary Understanding of the Ordination of Women. "On the Dignity and Vocation of Women on the Occasion of the Marian Year" The Theology of the Ordination of Women. The Church's Ministry of Service. A "Christian" Ministry of Service. The Official Teaching on Vocations.

The Spiritual Effects of Women's Exclusion from the Ministerial Priesthood. A Theology of Liberation from Clericalism.

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-198) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: St. Pierre, Simone M., 1964- Struggle to serve.

ISBN:

0786467169

0899509010

9780899509013

OCLC:

29358817

Publisher Number:

99945666220