Catholics, Conflicts and Choices: An Exploration of Power Relations in the Catholic Church (Gender, Theology and Spirituality) - Softcover

Coco, Angela

Softcover

ISBN 10: 113838013X ISBN 13: 9781138380134

Publisher: Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

Many Catholics today are disenchanted with the Church's continuing distrust of women and laity. But, despite this widespread dissatisfaction, traditional power relations have hardly changed over the last century. "Catholics, Conflicts and Choices" presents detailed interviews with lay people, priests, Sisters, and Christian Brothers, each discussing their personal struggles with church teachings and practices. The conversations are selected to illustrate different experiences of power relations - particularly different aspects of gender dynamics - within the organisational structures of the Church. The interviews are examined within a framework of feminist, sociological and psychological theory. "Catholics, Conflicts and Choices" reveals how, despite a long history of challenging official notions of authority and obedience and assumptions about intimate relationships, there is little potential for change if the established power relations of the Church are not confronted.

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About the Author

Angela Coco is Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences at Southern Cross University, Australia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 113838013X
• ISBN 13: 9781138380134
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256