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Women, sex and the church : a case for Catholic teaching / edited by Erika Bachiochi.

Title
Women, sex and the church : a case for Catholic teaching / edited by Erika Bachiochi.
Publication
Boston : Pauline Books & Media, c2010.

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Additional Authors
Bachiochi, Erika.
Description
xiv, 251 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
"The women who write in this volume challenge the common misconception that the Catholic Church's teachings are anti-women and anti-sex. Rather, these women believe that it is precisely the Church's controversial teachings on abortion, sex, marriage and contraception that bespeak the Church's love of women - and reverence for sex. ..."--Back cover.
Alternative Title
Women, sex, and the church
Subjects
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Contents
Authentic freedom and equality in difference / Laura L. Garcia -- The uniqueness of woman : church teaching on abortion / Erika Bachiochi -- The fullness of sexuality : church teaching on premarital sex / Cassandra Hough -- The liberation of lifelong love : church teaching on marriage / Jennifer Roback Morse -- The gift of female fertility : church teaching on contraception / Angela Franks -- The church's best kept secret : church teaching on infertility treatment / Katie Elrod, Paul Carpentier -- Embodied ecclesiology : church teaching on the priesthood / Sara Butler -- Dueling vocations : managing the tensions between our private and public callings / Elizabeth R. Schiltz -- Reflections on the kinship between catholic sexual and social teaching / Erika Bachiochi.
ISBN
0819883204 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^2010004630
OCLC
  • 504280504
  • SCSB-12277066
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library