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More Than a Monologue: Sexual Diversity and the Catholic Church: Inquiry, Thought, and Expression

More Than a Monologue: Sexual Diversity and the Catholic Church: Inquiry, Thought, and Expression

Norko, Michael A.
II, J. Patrick Hornbeck

Hardcover

Series: Catholic Practice in North America

Religion General CatholicismGeneral Gender Studies

ISBN10: 0823257622
ISBN13: 9780823257621
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: Mar 3 2014
Pages: 264
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

This volume, like its companion, Voices of Our Times, collects essays drawn from a series of public conferences held in autumn 2011 entitled More than a Monologue. The series was the fruit of collaboration among four institutions of higher learning: two Catholic universities and two nondenominational divinity schools. The conferences aimed to raise awareness of and advance informed, compassionate, and dialogical conversation about issues of sexual diversity within the Catholic community, as well as in the broader civic worlds that the Catholic Church and Catholic people inhabit. They generated fresh, rich sets of scholarly and reflective contributions that promise to take forward the delicate work of theological-ethical and ecclesial development. Along with Voices of Our Times, this volume captures insights from the conferences and aims to foster what the Jesuit Superior General, Fr. Adolfo Nicolas, has called the depth of thought and imagination needed to engage effectively with complex realities, especially in areas marked by brokenness, pain, and the need for healing. The volumes will serve as vital resources for understanding and addressing better the too often fraught relations between LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) persons, their loved ones and allies, and the Catholic community.

Inquiry, Thought, and Expression explores dimensions of ministry, ethics, theology, and law related to a range of LGBTQ concerns, including Catholic teaching, its reception among the faithful, and the Roman Catholic Church's significant role in world societies. Within the volume, a series of essays on ministry explores various

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