Conscience and calling
Subtitle: ethical reflections on Catholic women's church vocations
By: by Anne E. Patrick
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
ISBN-13: 9781441144522; 9781441100597; 9781441175946
Subjects: Conscience; Catholic women; Berufung; Christian ethics; Frau; Feminist ethics; Katholikin; Katholische Kirche; Catholic authors; Kirchliches Amt; Vocation; Catholic Church
Description: "This volume probes the meaning and ethical implications of the powerful symbol of vocation in a transformed social context. Patrick analyzes the complex responses of Catholic women to injustice and describes a post-Vatican II shift in understandings of virtue, with particular attention to the experiences of U.S. sisters and laywomen. Intended as a follow-up to Liberating Conscience: Feminist Explorations in Catholic Moral Theology ..."--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-185) and index.
Table of contents: title: "His dogs more than us" : virtue in situations of conflict between women religious and their ecclesiastical employers; title: Women and church authority : a map of responses to injustice; title: A ministry of justice : the 25-year pilgrimage of the National Assembly of Religious Women (NAWR/NARW); title: "Framework for love" : toward a renewed understanding of Christian vocation; title: Vocation in a transformed social context.