- Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword: Of Listening Ears and Prophetic Voices, Agbonkhianmeghe Orobator, SJ; Preface; Contributors; Introduction; Abbreviations; PART ONE-Traditions and Transformations; Introduction to Part One; Women in the Church: Models of the Past-Challenges of Today, Cettina Militello; The Catholic Intellectual Tradition and Women Theologians, Ursula King; IMAGO DEI: Sexual Difference and Human Becoming, Janet Martin Soskice; Jesus and Women: "You Are Set Free", Elizabeth A. Johnson; Who Is Christ for African Women? Anne Arabome.
- Latin American Women: In Mary's Footsteps or in Her Shadow? Carolina del Río MenaThe Motherhood of the Church: Mary, the Quotidian, and the People of God, Cristina Lledo Gomez; Traditions and Transformations: Catholic and Muslim Women in Dialogue, Trish Madigan; PART TWO-Marriage, Families, and Relationships; Introduction to Part Two; Catholics, Families, and the Synod of Bishops: Views from the Pews, Julie Clague; Catholic Families: Theology, Reality, and the Gospel, Lisa Sowle Cahill; The Love That Crosses Lines: The Graced Transgressions of Family Life, Clare Watkins.
- What on Earth Can Complementarity Actually Be? Sara MaitlandSaint Anne: A Saint for Today?
- A Reflection on Grandmothers and Holy Families, Tina Beattie; Welcome but Not Welcome: Going to Mass with My Baptist Husband, Margaret Watson; Marriage and Divorce: Telling Our Stories-Marriage and Divorce through the Eyes of a Child, Alison Concannon Kennedy; Marriage and Divorce: Telling Our Stories-Traumatic Divorce and Sacramental Healing, Pippa Bonner; Marriage and Divorce: Telling Our Stories-A Very Faithful Rebel, Anna Cannon.
- Marriage, Sexuality, and Contraception: Natural Law, Moral Discernment, and the Authority of the Church, Jean PorterConscience and Contraception: Telling Our Stories-Natural Family Planning: Sharing the Struggles, Rachel Espinoza and Tawny Horner; Conscience and Contraception: Telling Our Stories-My Mother's Burden, Olive Barnes; Conscience and Contraception: Telling Our Stories-Vatican Roulette, Amelia Beck; Conscience and Contraception: Telling Our Stories-Wanting a Different Life, Giovanna Solari-Masson.
- Conscience and Contraception: Telling Our Stories-A "Millennial's" Perspective, Emma Jane HarrisSame-Sex Marriage and the Catholic Community, Margaret A. Farley; Same-Sex Love: Telling Our Stories-Living under the Radar, or Celebrating Family in All Its Forms? Sophie Stanes and Deborah Woodman; Same-Sex Love: Telling Our Stories-"The Glory of God Is a Human Being Fully Alive", Ursula Halligan; Same-Sex Love: Telling Our Stories-Getting Hooked: Being Lesbian and Becoming Catholic, Eve Tushnet; Being Good and Doing Bad? Virtue Ethics and Sexual Orientation, Katie Grimes.
Catholic Women Speak is a groundbreaking, thought-provoking anthology of essays on women and family life that asks questions and explores issues that do not find space for open discussion in the Church. The writers are women who represent a broad international perspective and come from a variety of personal backgrounds who believe that the Church cannot come to a wise and informed understanding of family life without listening to women. "Pope Francis has repeatedly said that he wants a "messy" Church, a Church that is not afraid to take risks in order to live the joyous adventure of faith. This book expresses the messy realities of women's lives, realities that challenge the Church's current practice in many ways, realities that the Church must acknowledge in order to communicate the Gospel to future generations."- from the foreword. Among the contributors, who represent a rich diversity and complexity of Catholic women's lives, are: Tina Beattie, Lisa Sowle Cahill, Ursula King, Margaret A. Farley, Christine Schenk and Elizabeth Johnson.
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