Womanpriest: Tradition and Transgression in the Contemporary Roman Catholic Church (Catholic Practice in North America)

284 Pages·2020·2.52 MB·English

by  Jill Peterfeso

Womanpriest

Catholic Practice in North America
Series Editor:
John C. Seitz, Associate Professor, Theology Department,
Fordham University; Associate Director for Lincoln Center,
Curran Center for American Catholic Studies
This series aims to contribute to the growing field of Catholic studies
through the publication of books devoted to the historical and cultural study
of Catholic practice in North America, from the colonial period to the present.
As the term “practice” suggests, the series springs from a pressing need in the
study of American Catholicism for empirical investigations and creative
explorations and analyses of the contours of Catholic experience. In seeking to
provide more comprehensive maps of Catholic practice, this series is committed
to publishing works from diverse American locales, including urban, suburban,
and rural settings; ethnic, postethnic, and transnational contexts; private and
public sites; and seats of power as well as the margins.
Series advisory board:
Emma Anderson, Ottawa University
Paul Contino, Pepperdine University
Kathleen Sprows Cummings, University of Notre Dame
James T. Fisher, Fordham University (Emeritus)
Paul Mariani, Boston College
Thomas A. Tweed, University of Notre Dame

Womanpriest
Tradition and Transgression
in the Contemporary Roman Catholic Church
•
Jill Peterfeso
Fordham University Press
New York 2020
Frontispiece: Chava Redonnet and Theresa Novak Chabot distribute
Communion at their ordination at Spiritus Christi in Rochester, New York,
in May 2010. (Photograph by Judith Levitt.)
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For today’s Catholics,
especially those who seek answers yet cling to mystery
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