Feminist catholic Theological ethics:

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1 Feminist catholic Theological ethics: Conversations in the World Church Edited by Linda Hogan and Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator

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3 Contents Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Of Feminism and Conversations in Church and Society 1 Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator Dreams from My Mother, Prayers to My Father: Rethinking the Trinity of God, Woman, and Church 14 Anne Arabome Women, Church, and Ethics: Deconstructing Marian Images with Catholic Women, Nzanga 26 Lilian Dube Giving a Voice to African Women through Education 42 Veronica Jamanyur Rop The Church s Antiretroviral Treatment in South Africa 54 Alison Munro The Ecclesia of Women in Asia: Liberating Theology 64 Sharon A. Bong Power-Beauty Feminism and Postcolonial Leadership 72 Agnes M. Brazal Provoking the Resident Evil : Feminist and Gender Provocations to Clericalism in the Philippine Context 85 Aloysius Lopez Cartagenas Resistance: A Liberative Key in Feminist Ethics 97 Kochurani Abraham Dowry as a Social-Structural Sin 108 Shaji George Kochuthara vii

4 viii Contents Promoting Women s Dignity in the Church and Society in Hong Kong Inspirations from Church Leaders and Women Christians as Leaders 123 Mee-Yin Mary Yuen Theology, Women, and Rights of the Poor (A Reading of the Latin-American Itinerary) 137 Maria Clara Lucchetti Bingemer Missing Is the Woman/Hace Falta la Mujer 150 Emilce Cuda Of (Befriending) Dragons and Escaping the Underworld: Two Voices in Caribbean Catholic Feminist Ethics 167 Anna Perkins Magisterium, Margaret Farley, and the Ecclesial Role of Feminist Moral Theology: Discerning the Ecclesia Discens Today 177 Gerard Mannion Saint Gertrude of Helfta and the Forgiving of Sins 193 Teresa Forcades i Vila Cinematic Visions of Female Leadership: Between Authority and Doubt 205 Stefanie Knauss The Gallant: A Feminist Proposal 219 James Keenan The Personal Is Political: Toward a Vision of Justice in Latina Theology 232 Nichole Flores Feminist Contributions to Traditional Moral Knowledge: Rhetorical (Inter)play of Clerics and Women 243 Elizabeth Bucar Getting Ready for Voice Lessons: Toward a Catholic Feminist Ethics of Spirituality 258 Anne E. Patrick

5 Contents ix A Feminist Ethical Perspective on Women/Girls as Oppressors: The Cycle of Oppressor-internalized Oppression 269 Shawnee M. Daniels Sykes Conclusion: Looking Back, Looking Forward 280 Linda Hogan Contributors 284 Index 291