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Good Catholic Girls

Name: Good Catholic Girls
Author: Angela Bonavoglia

Angela Bonavoglia

21 February 2006

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Book Synopsis

<p>The widely exposed transgressions of priests within the Catholic Church stunned the faithful and sent a new surge of energy through the progressive church reform movement in the United States. Despite the movement's growing profile, the world has only recently learned that Catholic women are the driving force behind reform. Good Catholic Girls is a lively account of these courageous women, as seen through the eyes of an impassioned journalist, Angela Bonavoglia. They include Joan Chittister, the Benedictine nun who refused to obey a Vatican order not to speak at an international conference for women's ordination groups; Mary Ramerman, ordained a Catholic priest before 3,000 jubilant supporters; Frances Kissling, whose fight for women's reproductive rights has shaken the Church at its highest levels; Barbara Blaine, a priest abuse survivor who created the nation's most powerful voice for victims; and Sister Jeannine Gramick, who built a pioneering ministry to gays and lesbians, despite Vatican orders to silence her and ban her work.</p><p>Backed by supporters worldwide, these and other women are rethinking Catholic theology, changing the face of ministry, and resurrecting the lost lives of female church leaders. As Bonavoglia shows, the hierarchy ignores them at its peril.</p>

About The Author

Angela Bonavoglia is a nationally recognized writer on women's issues and church reform whose work has appeared in The Nation, Chicago Tribune, Ms., Cosmopolitan, Redbook, and Newsday, among others. She is the author of The Choices We Made: Twenty-five Women and Men Speak Out About Abortion, which was featured on Oprah. She lives with her husband in Westchester County, New York.

Product Details

ISBN: 9780060570637
Format: Paperback
Publisher: HarperOne, (21 February 2006)
Number of Pages: 352
Weight: 492 grams
Language: English
Dimensions: 229 x 162 x 23 mm
Categories:: History Of Science Regional / International studies Reference works Religion and science History of religion Christianity Christian life and practice Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church Aspects of religion Theology Spirituality and religious experience Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships Social and cultural Social and cultural anthropology Religious groups and communities Gender studies and groups Women and girls Feminism and feminist theory Ethnic studies Psychology