Women and the Catholic Church

This book is an important contribution to critical feminist theology. McEwan identifies the key issues that harm women in the Catholic system and examines brilliantly Catholic women’s potential for agency in the power regime of Catholicism. * Ute Leimgruber, Universität Regensburg, Germany * Pope Francis’ Synodal project has evaporated into irrelevance for women of the Catholic Church who had hoped for a breakthrough in misogynistic magisterial resistance. It’s devastating consequences in the lived lives of Catholic women are chronicled here. This book is a warning to the Magisterium of the anger and frustration building among the vast majority of faithful who believe in gender equality, see it as God given and its denial as utterly wasteful of Gods gifts. * Mary McAleese, Former President of Ireland and Chancellor of the University of Dublin, Ireland * Tracy McEwan utilises social science and a keen understanding of religion to explain the systemic marginalization of Catholic women in church, carefully analysing the often painful stories of Gen X women. As these women claim power and authority to be religious on their own inclusive terms, the spiritual landscape is changing before our eyes. This landmark study leaves no doubt that the Catholic Church is in serious danger of extinction if women remain marginalized. * Mary E. Hunt, Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual, USA *