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Title: Holy Saturday: An Argument for the Restoration of the Female Diaconate in the Catholic Church by Phyllis Zagano ISBN: 0-8245-1832-2 Publisher: Crossroad/Herder & Herder Pub. Date: 22 April, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Superb considerations
Comment: The ordination of women to the priesthood is a hotly debated issue within the Catholic Church and is currently banned according to church teaching. Ms. Zagano limits the presentation of her information to argumentation concerning the ordination of women to the diaconate, and has developed some compelling issues for serious consideration by the Catholic faithful, Catholic church hierarchy and non-Catholics struggling with the acceptance of female ministers.
Rating: 5
Summary: Changing the nature of the debate
Comment: I read Holy Saturday after reading about the Adopt a Bishop campaign for it in the National Catholic Reporter. It's a terrific book that fully lives up to its hype, and I'm surprised that no one is commenting on how the book has reshaped the conversation about women in the priesthood. Until recently, you had basically two camps -- the side that argued against women's ordination on the basis of longstanding practice and tradition, and the side that said women should be ordained because women are equal in other areas of society. In Holy Saturday Zagano is taking up the question of the one side with the methods of the other, so both sides can have grounds for discussion. It's the first time in years that we're seeing real conversation about women as deacons. According to Zagano, the Vatican regards the question of women deacons as still being under study and review. If they are willing to say publicly that it's an open question, then conversations can actually lead to mutual learning and real change. I liked the book very much, but I like even more the way it's having a real effect on the way people think and talk about the question, and the way people are willing to discuss it frankly and fairly. Good for Zagano! I wish we had more writers like her.
Rating: 4
Summary: Challenging vision for the future of the Church
Comment: This book is very challenging. The cover promises a book about women's ordination as Catholic deacons, and the book delivers on that promise. But it's not written in the usual prophetic tone of books like this. At first I found the highly logical tone a little heavy. Then I became fascinated by the argument. Zagano has really uncovered a *lot* of interesting information about the rules for ordination, the history of ordination, and other details that most books don't provide. For anyone wanting a full range of discussion about the place of women in the Church, I'd recommend reading this book alongside a more prophetic book like Elizabeth Johnson's She Who Is. They form sort of bookends for highly intelligent and informed discussions about the future of the church.
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Title: The Church Women Want: Catholic Women in Dialogue by Elizabeth A. Johnson ISBN: 0824519795 Publisher: Herder&Herder Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Liberation of the Laity: In Search of an Accountable Church by Paul Lakeland ISBN: 0826414834 Publisher: Continuum Pub Group Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $28.95 |
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Title: My Struggle for Freedom: Memoirs by Hans Kung ISBN: 0802826598 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $32.00 |
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Title: An Introduction to the Gospel of John by FRANCIS J. MOLONEY, RAYMOND E. BROWN ISBN: 0385507224 Publisher: Anchor Bible Pub. Date: 19 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Scarred by Struggle, Transformed by Hope by Joan D. Chittister ISBN: 0802812163 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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