More than a monologue. Volume 1, Voices of our times : sexual diversity and the catholic church / edited by Christine Firer Hinze and J. Patrick Hornbeck II.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hinze, Christine Firer, editor.

J. Hornbeck, Patrick II, editor.

Series:

Catholic practice in North America.

Catholic Practice in North America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sexual orientation--Religious aspects--Christianity--Congresses.

Sexual orientation.

Sex--Religious aspects--Catholic Church--Congresses.

Sex.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Fordham University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume, like its companion, Voices of Our Times, collects essays drawn from a series of public conferences held in autumn 2011 entitled “More than a Monologue.” The series was the fruit of collaboration among four institutions of higher learning: two Catholic universities and two nondenominational divinity schools. The conferences aimed to raise awareness of and advance informed, compassionate, and dialogical conversation about issues of sexual diversity within the Catholic community, as well as in the broader civic worlds that the Catholic Church and Catholic people inhabit. They generated fresh, rich sets of scholarly and reflective contributions that promise to take forward the delicate work of theological-ethical and ecclesial development. Along with Voices of Our Times, this volume captures insights from the conferences and aims to foster what the Jesuit Superior General, Fr. Adolfo Nicolas, has called the “depth of thought and imagination” needed to engage effectively with complex realities, especially in areas marked by brokenness, pain, and the need for healing. The volumes will serve as vital resources for understanding and addressing better the too often fraught relations between LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) persons, their loved ones and allies, and the Catholic community. Inquiry, Thought, and Expression explores dimensions of ministry, ethics, theology, and law related to a range of LGBTQ concerns, including Catholic teaching, its reception among the faithful, and the Roman Catholic Church’s significant role in world societies. Within the volume, a series of essays on ministry explores various perspectives not frequently heard within the church. Marriage equality and the treatment of LGBTQ individuals by and within the Roman Catholic Church are considered from the vantage points of law, ethics, and theology. Themes of language and discourse are explored in analyses of the place of sexual diversity in church history, thought, and authority. The two volumes of More than a Monologue, like the conferences from which they developed, actively move beyond the monologic voice of the institutional church on the subject of LGBTQ issues, inviting and promoting open conversations about sexual diversity and the church. Those who read Inquiry, Thought, and Expression will encounter not just an excellent resource for research and teaching in the area of moral theology but also an opportunity to actively listen to and engage in groundbreaking discussions about faith and sexuality within and outside the Catholic Church.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Learning to Speak

2. Talking About Homosexuality by the (Church) Rules

Response to Mark D. Jordan

3. Lesbian Nuns: A Gift to the Church

The Prophetic Life of Lesbian Nuns: A Response to Jeannine Gramick

4. Seminary, Priesthood, and the Vatican’s Homosexual Dilemma

5. Same- Sex Marriage, the Right to Religious and Moral Freedom, and the Catholic Church

6. God Sets the Lonely in Families

Response to Patricia Beattie Jung

7. Same-Sex Marriage and Catholicism Dialogue, Learning, and Change

8. Embracing the Stranger

9. Domine, Non Sum Dignus

10. Wild(e) Theology

Afterword

Notes

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

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ISBN:

9780823257669

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OCLC:

923764311