The Catholic Church
By: Noah Berlatsky, book editor
Series: Opposing viewpoints
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780737751048; 9780737751055
Subjects: Doctrines; Membership; Church growth; Catholic Church; Sex
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-219) and index.
Table of contents: title: Celibacy is an important part of the priesthood / Kevin O'Brien; title: Celibacy should not be a requirement for Catholic priests / Marc Pascal; title: Women should not be priests / American Catholic; title: Women should not be barred from the priesthood / John Wijngaards; title: Gays should be barred from the priesthood / John Thavis; title: Gays should not be barred from the priesthood / Michael Sean Winters; title: The Catholic Church rejects homosexual acts, but condemns prejudice against homosexual persons / Ron Belgau; title: The National Organization for Marriage encourages Catholic anti-gay bigotry / Walter Barton; title: The Catholic Church's opposition to gay marriage is not based on prejudice / Doug Williams; title: Gay Catholics should leave the church / Rod Dreher; title: Gay Catholics can remain in the church / Andrew Sullivan; title: Homophobia and repression led to the church sex abuse scandal / David France; title: Gay priests should not be the focus of the church sex abuse scandal / Daniel Burke; title: The Catholic Church promotes natural birth control and sexuality within marriage / Angela Townsend; title: The Catholic Church is uncomfortable with sexuality in marriage / Frances Kissling; title: The Catholic Church must oppose embryonic stem cell research / Nancy Frazier O'Brien; title: Embryonic stem-cell research can be reconciled with Catholicism / Anthony Stevens-Arroyo; title: The Catholic Church's opposition to condoms endangers African women / Marcella Alsan; title: The Catholic Church is not responsible for the spread of AIDs in Africa / Rich Deem; title: The Catholic Church must prevent abortion being funded through health care reform / Keith Fournier; title: The Catholic Church should not make abortion central to health care reform / James Carroll; title: The Catholic Church may gain many converts by absorbing disaffected Anglicans / Ruth Gledhill, Sophie Tedmanson, Giles Whittell, and Richard Owen; title: Absorbing Anglicans into the Catholic Church may have unintended consequences / Gerald Floyd; title: The Catholic Church needs to be stricter to grow / Christopher Chantrill; title: The Catholic Church and other religious groups will experience demographic changes / Sean Scallon; title: The Catholic Church worldwide will grow by becoming less centered in Europe / John L. Allen, Jr.