TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tichenor,Kimba Allie
TI  - Religious crisis and civic transformation: how conflicts over gender and sexuality changed the West German Catholic Church 
T2  - Brandeis Series on gender, culture, religion, and law
SN  - 9781611689709
AV  - BX1795.S48 T534 2016
U1  - 282/.4308109045 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Waltham, Massachusetts
PB  - Brandeis University Press
KW  - Catholic Church
KW  - fast
KW  - Sex
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Celibacy
KW  - Gender identity
KW  - Religion and civil society
KW  - Germany (West)
KW  - Sexualité
KW  - Aspect religieux
KW  - Église catholique
KW  - Identité sexuelle
KW  - Religion et société civile
KW  - Allemagne (Ouest)
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Catholic
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - HISTORY / General
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- 1 The Male Celibate Priesthood and Woman's Place in the Church -- 1 Celibacy for the Kingdom of Heaven and Earth -- 2 Women's Ordination: Sacramental and Gendered Bodies -- 2 The Catholic Church and Reproductive Politics -- 3 Artificial Contraception: German Angst and Catholic Rebellion -- 4 The Abortion Debate: Hidden Tensions and New Directions -- 5 Assisted Reproduction: Changing Bedfellows -- Epilogue
N2  - This book offers a fresh interpretation of the connection between the West German Catholic Church and post-1950s political debates on women's reproductive rights and the protection of life in West Germany. According to Tichenor, Catholic women in West Germany, influenced by the culture of consumption, the sexual revolution, Vatican II reforms, and feminism, sought to renegotiate their relationship with the Church. They demanded a more active role in Church ministries and challenged the Church's hierarchical and gendered view of marriage and condemnation of artificial contraception. When the Church refused to compromise, women left en masse. In response, the Church slowly stitched together a new identity for a postsecular age, employing an elaborate nuptial symbolism to justify its stance on celibacy, women's ordination, artificial contraception, abortion, and reproductive technologies. Additionally, the Church returned to a radical interventionist agenda that embraced issue-specific alliances with political parties other than the Christian parties. In her conclusion, Tichenor notes more recent setbacks to the German Catholic Church, including disappointment with the reactionary German Pope Benedict XVI and his failure in 2010 to address over 250 allegations of sexual abuse at twenty-two of Germany's twenty-seven dioceses. How the Church will renew itself in the twenty-first century remains unclear. This closely observed case study, which bridges religious, political, legal, and women's history, will interest scholars and students of twentieth-century European religious history, modern Germany, and the intersection of Catholic Church practice and women's issues.--
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