From the pews in the back
Subtitle: young women and Catholicism
By: edited by Kate Dugan and Jennifer Owens.
Contributors: Dugan, Kate.; Owens, Jennifer.
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Collegeville, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780814632581
Subjects: Catholic women -- Religious life -- United States; Young women -- Religious life -- United States
Description: "From the Pews in the Back is a book filled with questions about Catholic identity. How do young Catholic women see or define themselves? What is their relationship to the church? What are their struggles and joys? In a church that often consigns them to the pews in the back, what place are young women claiming? This collection of twenty-nine essays approaches these questions from a multitude of angles. These brief memoirs, together with the insights of editors Kate Dugan and Jennifer Owens, offer a glimpse into what it means to be young, Catholic, and female in today's church. These women wrestle with the Catholic faith and with the church. They ask hard questions of the institution and are not willing to take easy answers." "From the Pews in the Back is a new chapter in the dialogue about the role of women in the church. The voices of these women range from inspiring and energetic to challenging and wounded. Ultimately, though, these women are stubbornly hopeful. They are claiming a place in the church and are calling other Catholics to talk with them about this claim."--Jacket.