When Women Become Priests: The Catholic Women's Ordination Debate

by Kelley Raab

Overview

In an analysis that deftly unites feminist criticism, psychoanalysis, and Catholic theology, Kelley Raab explores the symbolic implications of women at the altar, providing rich insight into issues of gender, symbolism, and power.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780231113359
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	04/25/2000
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 8.96(h) x 0.69(d)
Lexile:	1470L (what's this?)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Kelley A. Raab is assistant professor of Religious Studies at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Gender Reversal
3. Maternal Envy
4. Sacrifice
5. Christ as a Woman
6. Gender, Sex, and God
7. When Women Become Priests
Appendix

Editorial Reviews

This survey of the Catholic women's ordination debate provides the first sustained reflection on the differences which would happen were women at the altar. Analysis includes consideration of the implications for the Catholic church, relationships between female and male priests, and underlying politics. A thought-provoking consideration for any Catholic studies program.
—Internet Book Watch

Internet Book Watch

Raab has done a grand job in pulling together so many diverse threads and in making a engaging, intelligent, doctoral thesis available to a wider constituency. Books such as this hammer nails into the coffin of patriarchy.
—Times Literary Supplement

Lavinia Byrne