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Good Catholics : The Battle over Abortion in the Catholic Church /

Good Catholics tells the story of the remarkable individuals who have engaged in a nearly fifty-year struggle to assert the moral legitimacy of a pro-choice position in the Catholic Church, as well as the concurrent efforts of the Catholic hierarchy to suppress abortion dissent and to translate Cath...

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Auteur principal: Miller, Patricia, 1964-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Good Catholics tells the story of the remarkable individuals who have engaged in a nearly fifty-year struggle to assert the moral legitimacy of a pro-choice position in the Catholic Church, as well as the concurrent efforts of the Catholic hierarchy to suppress abortion dissent and to translate Catholic doctrine on sexuality into law. Miller recounts a dramatic but largely untold history of protest and persecution, which demonstrates the profound and surprising influence that the conflict over abortion in the Catholic Church has had not only on the church but also on the very fabric of U.S. po.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (322 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780520958272