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Women and Catholicism : Gender, Communion, and Authority /

The book investigates three situations in the Catholic Church that point to Catholicism's weak spot: the role of women in the Church. Zagano sheds light on the Catholic Church's hierarchically-imposed laws that keep women at a distance from the holy, whether as liturgical ministers, as wiv...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zagano, Phyllis (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Subjects:
Catholic Church.
Social Sciences.
Catholicism.
Christianity.
Religion and Gender.
Religion and Psychology.
Sociology of Religion.
Gender identity > Religious aspects.
Psychology and religion.
Religion and sociology.
Social sciences.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The book investigates three situations in the Catholic Church that point to Catholicism's weak spot: the role of women in the Church. Zagano sheds light on the Catholic Church's hierarchically-imposed laws that keep women at a distance from the holy, whether as liturgical ministers, as wives of priests, or as priests themselves.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (220 pages)
ISBN:9780230119482
DOI:10.1057/9780230119482