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Aline H. Kalbian - Sexing the Church: Gender, Power, and Ethics in Contemporary Catholicism - 9780253217509 - V9780253217509
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Sexing the Church: Gender, Power, and Ethics in Contemporary Catholicism

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Description for Sexing the Church: Gender, Power, and Ethics in Contemporary Catholicism Paperback. A commentary on Catholic ethical views of marriage and reproduction. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 13. Weight in Grams: 259.

"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 subordinationist views. . . . Women are denied access to the 'eucharistic' priesthood because allowing them in would upset ... Read more

The regulation of human sexuality in contemporary Catholicism, a topic that monopolizes public conversation about the Catholic Church, is also a central concern of Catholic theological discussions of religious ethics. Aline H. Kalbian traces the history of the connection between moral theology and sexual ethics as it applies to the concern for order in official teachings on marriage, reproduction, and sex. She explores order as it is reflected in the theology of marriage, the 20th-century challenge to that order in the debates on contraception and assisted reproduction, and the way attitudes about gender in Catholicism connect theological and moral order with ecclesiastical order.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253217509
SKU
V9780253217509
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About Aline H. Kalbian
Aline H. Kalbian is Assistant Professor of Religion at Florida State University. She lives in Tallahassee, Florida.

Reviews for Sexing the Church: Gender, Power, and Ethics in Contemporary Catholicism
Kalbian (Florida State Univ.) explains the meaning behind her provocative title Sexing the Church: it captures the way Catholicism's attitudes about gender (what it means to be male or female) permeate its teachings about sexuality, reproduction, and church authority. Kalbian's study of gender, power, and ethics in contemporary Catholicism hinges upon the twofold meaning of order within Catholic tradition and ... Read more

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