Sexing the church : gender, power, and ethics in contemporary Catholicism / Aline H. Kalbian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kalbian, Aline H., 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Sex.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""A wonderful book that gives us a fresh angle of vision on modern Roman Catholic teaching about sex, marriage, gender relationships, and reproduction. After reading Sexing the Church, few will doubt the extent to which Catholic teaching about the law of nature owes no small debt to history and culture."" -- Richard B. Miller, Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions""...Catholic attitudes about women in the priesthood... display [a] contradiction between egalitarian and

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 ORDER AND SEXUAL ETHICS; 2 THEOLOGY AND MARRIAGE; 3 REPRODUCTION; 4 GENDER; 5 CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-162) and index.

ISBN:

9786612071300

1-282-07130-0

0-253-11138-2

OCLC:

475993032