Unruly Catholic Feminists
Prose, Poetry, and the Future of the Faith
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Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 9781438485003
Number of Pages: 175
Published: 01/09/2021
Width: 14 cm
Height: 21.6 cm
A collection of creative pieces, Unruly Catholic Feminists explores how women are coming to terms with their feminism and Catholicism in the twenty-first century. Through short stories, poems, and personal essays, third- and fourth-wave feminists write about the issues, reforms, and potential for progress. Giving voice to many younger writers, the book includes a variety of geographic and ethnic points of view from which women write about their experiences with Catholicism and their visions for the future. While change in the church may be slow to come, even the promise of progress may provide hope for women struggling with the conflicts between their religion and their sense of their own spirituality. Rather than always only oppressing or containing women, Catholicism also drives or inspires many to challenge literary, social, political, or religious hierarchies. By examining how women attempt to reconcile their unruliness with their Catholic backgrounds or conversions and their future hopes and dreams, Unruly Catholic Feminists offers new perspectives on gender and religion today—and for the days yet to come.
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Introduction: Living with the Past, Envisioning the Future
Part I: Domestic and Global Social Justice
Mary
Elizabeth Brulé Farrell
You Don't Belong Here
Lauren Frances Guerra
Salt
Dawn Morais
Citizen Voices
Jennifer Hall Lee
Inundated
Dinorah Cortés-Vélez
A Person is a Person
Anonymous
My Better-Late-Than-Never Confirmation
Sofia Zocca
Let Us Pray Together
Julianne DiNenna
Part II: Sexuality and Motherhood
From the Womb of Christ
Pat Brisson
Feminism, Faith, and My Mother's Church
Valerie Wexler
Raising Valerie
Celia Viggo Wexler
Applying for Sainthood
Megan Merchant
Mystic Trinities
Kelly Hedglin Bowen
My Mary
Adrienne Keller
Losing My Religion
Anita Cabrera
The Enunciation
Devin E. Kuhn
Magdalene
Jeannine Marie Pitas
Transubstantiation
Maryanne Hannan
Our Hail Mary Pass
Devin E. Kuhn
Part III: Spiritual Activism and Utopian Vision
Not Faith
Jillian Egan
I Could Have Been a Psalmist
Pat Brisson
On Desire and Direction
Lindsey White
The Heretic
C. R. Resetarits
Unfinished
Marci Madary
La Llorona
Jeannine Marie Pitas
The Lydian Woman Speaks to the Dead Saint
Becky Gould Gibson
Summer Solstice
Teresa Delgado
She Will Rise
Lizzie Sextro
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Living with the Past, Envisioning the Future
Part I: Domestic and Global Social Justice
Mary
Elizabeth Brulé Farrell
You Don't Belong Here
Lauren Frances Guerra
Salt
Dawn Morais
Citizen Voices
Jennifer Hall Lee
Inundated
Dinorah Cortés-Vélez
A Person is a Person
Anonymous
My Better-Late-Than-Never Confirmation
Sofia Zocca
Let Us Pray Together
Julianne DiNenna
Part II: Sexuality and Motherhood
From the Womb of Christ
Pat Brisson
Feminism, Faith, and My Mother's Church
Valerie Wexler
Raising Valerie
Celia Viggo Wexler
Applying for Sainthood
Megan Merchant
Mystic Trinities
Kelly Hedglin Bowen
My Mary
Adrienne Keller
Losing My Religion
Anita Cabrera
The Enunciation
Devin E. Kuhn
Magdalene
Jeannine Marie Pitas
Transubstantiation
Maryanne Hannan
Our Hail Mary Pass
Devin E. Kuhn
Part III: Spiritual Activism and Utopian Vision
Not Faith
Jillian Egan
I Could Have Been a Psalmist
Pat Brisson
On Desire and Direction
Lindsey White
The Heretic
C. R. Resetarits
Unfinished
Marci Madary
La Llorona
Jeannine Marie Pitas
The Lydian Woman Speaks to the Dead Saint
Becky Gould Gibson
Summer Solstice
Teresa Delgado
She Will Rise
Lizzie Sextro
Notes on Contributors