Title: Sexuality and authority in the Catholic Church /
Authors: Miller, Monica Migliorino, 1953-
Publisher: University of Scranton Press ; Associated University Presses,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Catholic Church Doctrines.; Women in the Catholic Church.; Church Authority; Feminist theology Controversial literature.; Patriarchy Religious aspects Catholic Church; Feminist theology.
Contents: 1. Feminine authority and the covenantal 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 of 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 -- Modern examples of women's ecclesial authority.