Catholic Bad Girls or Good Catholic Women: Bridging the Generation Gap
A young, lesbian, Catholic progressive responds to Frances Kissling on the question of old-school ideas and strategies versus the brave new world of boundary-busting and online activism.
RD10Q: The Fight Against Feminism
It’s not just another weird religion story about families with eighteen kids. The Christian Patriarchy movement represents a growing backlash against women’s rights within religious communities.
RDBook: Wifely Submission and Christian Warfare
A growing movement among conservative Christians exhorts women to give up the foolish notion of independence and subordinate themselves to their husbands. In this excerpt from Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement, Kathryn Joyce connects the dots between cinnamon buns and submission.
Men sin with sex, food, and laziness; women are vain, jealous, and filled with rage. But this has nothing to do with culture, of course.
The Promise Keepers have gone from hugging and shedding tears to doing battle for the Christian Right.