Ungodly Rage: The Hidden Face of Catholic Feminism (Paperback)

by Donna Steichen (Author) "American Catholicism could not be called triumphalist today..." (more)
Key Phrases: religious feminism, goddess feminism, goddess movement, New York, Rosemary Ruether, National Catholic Reporter (more...)

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Product Description
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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 420 pages
• Publisher: Ignatius Press (April 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0898703484
• ISBN-13: 978-0898703481
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #67,423 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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71 of 83 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A compendium of true stories surrounding feminism gone bad, February 19, 2000

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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.

27 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The puzzle solved, November 28, 2001

By	Foluso (Lagos, Nigeria) - See all my reviews

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!

37 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource, April 8, 2001

By	J. Green (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Unlike the first reviewer, I found this book to be an excellent resource for discussing the role of women in the Church today and how people of faith should respond to modern feminism. The Catholic church has, since it's inception, been an advocate for women and their rights. Donna Steichen shows how that history has been hijacked and maligned in recent history. John Paul II calls us all to a "new feminism" not based in the pursuit of power but the pursuit of holiness; this book is a good resource in that pursuit.