Written by a Catholic journalist who has investigated feminism on its own ground, this remarkable book fully exposes the hidden face of Catholic feminism for the first time, revealing its theoretical and psychological roots in loss of faith. A definitive account of a movement impelled by vengeful rage to revolt against all spiritual authority.
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What happens when women fighting for a voice in the Church turn away from the very things every Catholic holds to be true? Find out in this book! It may scandalize some people, but I'm afraid it's the truth. Donna Steichen has even said that radical feminists have tried to stop the circulation of this book but simply cannot because it's all documented! Steichen shows where radical feminism in the Church has taken us and it's not a pretty place. It truly is a collection of horror stories showing how things went awry. Recommended for anyone who wants to understand how things got to be so bad in women's religious communities and how true feminism in the Church was perverted.
48 of 60 people found the following review helpful
By Foluso
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As a Catholic in Nigeria, I have been baffled at how all my cousins who travelled to Europe and the United States to study first in "Catholic" high schools and then in "Catholic" Universities under the "watchful" gaze of hosts of religious have lost their faith. Talking to them about it even puzzled me more, because all of them without exception had had close dealings with priests and religious in their respective schools, people they had a lot of respect for. I found their ideas about the Church's teaching on faith and morals amazing for people who still claim to be Catholic (of course, Sunday Mass is a thing of the past). Amazing, because worse ideas couldn't have come from Jack Chick.
Donna Steichen has solved the puzzle for me in a way no-one else could. I understand only too well now what happened to all my cousins.
You need a tough stomach to finish the book, but when it comes to these issues, ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance could mean the death of a soul.
Thanks Donna!
19 of 23 people found the following review helpful
By Lance Eccles
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When I first read this book, I was fascinated and horrified, but in the intervening years much has happened in the Catholic Church, and the generation of feminists about whom Ms Steichen writes is aging and dying. They have not been replaced, as far as I can tell; younger people with similar views simply leave the Church, and there is a new orthodoxy abroad.
If Ms Steichen were to produce an updated version, I would be one of the first to buy it. I would love to know what the current situation really is.
If Ms Steichen were to produce an updated version, I would be one of the first to buy it. I would love to know what the current situation really is.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Exposes true agenda
Many of us grew up with kind, sweet nuns or stern, strict nuns - - but most of them did not stray from the teachings of the Catholic Church. Read more
Published 28 days ago by Alexandra Cloney
5.0 out of 5 stars
Always had thought it!
This is truly an eye opener for those who think that certain elements within the feminist movement are harmless in the Catholic church. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Paul Lacine
4.0 out of 5 stars
A for Effort, B- for execution
Donna Steichen should really do an updated release of this important work--especially regarding the antics of the media darlings of the LCWR. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Saber Bob
5.0 out of 5 stars
A disturbing view inside the "goddess" religion applied to...
I highly reccomend this book. Ms. Steichen has written a very well investigated and documented book that outlines the feminist "goddess" religion (gnosticism) that has exploded in... Read more
Published on January 24, 2009 by Tim Doubt
1.0 out of 5 stars
Want to hear the VOICES of conservative Catholic women.... then don't...
First of all, this is good book for Catholic feminists to understand what our conservative opposition believes and says about us, but it can also be masochistic to spend time... Read more
Published on January 24, 2006 by T. Tononi
3.0 out of 5 stars
Roman Catholic Reactionism
As a former Tridentine Catholic and for a short time a member of the Vatican II Roman Catholic Church, I found this book interesting and definitely a good statement of what the... Read more
Published on October 14, 2005 by TitanicLights
3.0 out of 5 stars
Means well, but could have used more polish
UNGODLY RAGE is an examination of feminist movements in the Roman Catholic Church by journalist Donna Steichen. Read more
Published on November 16, 2004 by Christopher Culver
2.0 out of 5 stars
Half journalism, half inflammatory
Though I daresay that Mrs Steichen and I would vary greatly in both approach and emphasis, there are certain points she sets forth which are valid and basically well reported - for... Read more
Published on May 2, 2004 by Elizabeth G. Melillo
2.0 out of 5 stars
As extreme as imaginable, but interesting if you're fearless
This is a difficult book to review because Donna Steichen really is one woman who will stop at nothing she believes is wrong. Read more
Published on March 4, 2003 by mianfei
5.0 out of 5 stars
An eye-opener for faithful Catholics!!!
Donna Steichen has done a tremendous service to faithful Catholics everywhere in writing this book... Read more
Published on March 22, 2002 by Gerald Lamb
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