3. Lesbian Nuns: A Gift to the Church

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Learning to Speak 25
6. 2. Talking About Homosexuality by the (Church) Rules 40
7. Response to Mark D. Jordan 57
8. 3. Lesbian Nuns: A Gift to the Church 62
9. The Prophetic Life of Lesbian Nuns: A Response to Jeannine Gramick 79
10. 4. Seminary, Priesthood, and the Vatican’s Homosexual Dilemma 86
11. 5. Same- Sex Marriage, the Right to Religious and Moral Freedom, and the Catholic Church 106
12. 6. God Sets the Lonely in Families 115
13. Response to Patricia Beattie Jung 134
14. 7. Same-Sex Marriage and Catholicism Dialogue, Learning, and Change 141
15. 8. Embracing the Stranger 156
16. 9. Domine, Non Sum Dignus 164
17. 10. Wild(e) Theology 174
18. Afterword 181
19. Notes 193
20. Contributors 241
21. Index 243