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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     More Content       More by this author     Ralph, Margaret Nutting.     Subjects     Catholic Church -- Membership.     Church renewal -- Catholic Church.     Catholic Church -- Teachings.     Contraception -- Religious aspects.     Homosexuality -- Religious aspects.     Abortion -- Religious aspects.     Contraception -- Moral and ethical aspects.     Homosexuality -- Moral and ethical aspects.     Abortion -- Moral and ethical aspects     Browse Catalog     by author:      Ralph, Margaret Nutting.       by title:      Why the Catholic Chu...       by call number:      282 R163w     Search the Web     Ralph, Margaret Nutting.     Catholic Church -- Membership.     Church renewal -- Catholic Church.     Catholic Church -- Teachings.     Contraception -- Religious aspects.     Homosexuality -- Religious aspects.     Abortion -- Religious aspects.     Contraception -- Moral and ethical aspects.     Homosexuality -- Moral and ethical aspects.     Abortion -- Moral and ethical aspects       MARC Display

Why the Catholic Church must change : a necessary conversation / Margaret Nutting Ralph. by Ralph, Margaret Nutting. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2013] Call #: 282 R163w Subjects Catholic Church -- Membership.   Church renewal -- Catholic Church.   Catholic Church -- Teachings.   Contraception -- Religious aspects.   Homosexuality -- Religious aspects.   Abortion -- Religious aspects.   Contraception -- Moral and ethical aspects.   Homosexuality -- Moral and ethical aspects.   Abortion -- Moral and ethical aspects ISBN:  9781442220782 (hc.) 1442220783 (hc.) Description:  vii, 209 pages ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  The role of the teaching Catholic Church in our search to know God and God's will -- The role of experience and the role of scripture in our search to know God and God's will -- Can Catholic Church teaching change? -- Contraception -- Ordination and women's role in the Church -- Homosexuality -- Abortion: church, state, conscience, and effective witness -- Marriage and annulments -- Teaching social justice and treating employees justly -- Unity in the body of Christ. Summary:  Why do a third of the people raised Catholic in the United States no longer worship as Catholics? Ralph engages the reader to enter into a necessary yet reasoned conversation about pertinent issues, such as contraception, women's ordination and homosexuality, and present practices surrounding the Catholic Church. She critically examines pertinent topics of not just the secular culture, but the Catholic culture, that affects both families and culture as a whole, and presents a model for how to discuss difficult issues in a respectful and thoughtful manner. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Nonfiction 282 R163w Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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