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Sexuality and authority in the Catholic Church / Monica Migliorino Miller.

By: Miller, Monica Migliorino, 1953-
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Scranton : University of Scranton Press ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses, [1995]Copyright date: ©1995Description: xvi, 286 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0940866242 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Women in the Catholic Church | Catholic Church -- Doctrines | Church -- Authority | Feminist theology -- Controversial literature | Patriarchy -- Religious aspects -- Catholic ChurchDDC classification: 282/.082 LOC classification: BX2347.8.W6 | M555 1995Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-282) and index.
Contents:
1. Feminine authority and the covenental order of salvation : A critique of feminist theology -- Women and the Fathers of the Church -- The meaning of authority. 2. The authority of Christ : Christ--head of the church -- Christ--the new Adam -- The meaning of headship in 1 Cor. 11 -- The marital order of authority. 3. The meaning of male ecclesial authority : Christ the Good Shepherd -- The gender of God -- The authority of the Apostles -- The fatherhood of bishops and priests -- The male person as a symbol of God -- Christ and the saving of humanity. 4. The authority of Mary : Mary's "fiat"--source of the incarnation -- Mary's word: the new genesis -- The authority of Mary in the mission of Christ -- The new Eve--covenant partner of Christ. 5. The feminine authority of the church : Baptism and a woman's life-giving authority -- The Biblical testimony -- The church feeds her children -- Mother and teacher -- The feminine side of worship -- The church--mother of priests -- The divinization of woman -- The feminine response to the covenant. 6. The authority of women : Woman--center of the world's moral order -- The church and women--source of human unity -- The woman as teacher -- The mediatorial authority oœ women. 7. Women, the covenant partners of Christ : Women of the Old Testament -- Early Christian women -- St. Catherine: the Pope's guide -- St. Margaret Clitherow -- The authority of consecrated virgins -- Moden examples of women's ecclesial authority.
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Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library 1 West BX2347.8.W6 M555 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182800964211

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-282) and index.

1. Feminine authority and the covenental order of salvation : A critique of feminist theology -- Women and the Fathers of the Church -- The meaning of authority. 2. The authority of Christ : Christ--head of the church -- Christ--the new Adam -- The meaning of headship in 1 Cor. 11 -- The marital order of authority. 3. The meaning of male ecclesial authority : Christ the Good Shepherd -- The gender of God -- The authority of the Apostles -- The fatherhood of bishops and priests -- The male person as a symbol of God -- Christ and the saving of humanity. 4. The authority of Mary : Mary's "fiat"--source of the incarnation -- Mary's word: the new genesis -- The authority of Mary in the mission of Christ -- The new Eve--covenant partner of Christ. 5. The feminine authority of the church : Baptism and a woman's life-giving authority -- The Biblical testimony -- The church feeds her children -- Mother and teacher -- The feminine side of worship -- The church--mother of priests -- The divinization of woman -- The feminine response to the covenant. 6. The authority of women : Woman--center of the world's moral order -- The church and women--source of human unity -- The woman as teacher -- The mediatorial authority oœ women. 7. Women, the covenant partners of Christ : Women of the Old Testament -- Early Christian women -- St. Catherine: the Pope's guide -- St. Margaret Clitherow -- The authority of consecrated virgins -- Moden examples of women's ecclesial authority.

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