{"product_id":"9781595583352","title":"Whose Church?: A Concise Guide to Progressive Catholicism","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the spring of 2007, Daniel C. Maguire was condemned by U.S. bishops for his progressive writings, because, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ereported, Maguire’s pamphlets on abortion and same-sex marriage “are written in a very popular and lively style, and from what the bishops knew, they were very widely distributed.” Praised by \u003ci\u003eMs. Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e as one of “40 male heroes who took a chance for women,” Daniel C. Maguire is a noted theologian and ethicist whose controversial views and irreverent style have rankled conservatives for nearly thirty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this pithy guide to progressive Catholicism, Maguire shows how tragically far conservative Catholic politics have strayed from the best Catholic social teaching. \u003ci\u003eWhose Church?\u003c\/i\u003e takes special aim at the “pelvic politics” that have dominated official Catholicism, skewering the Church hierarchy’s rigid positions on sex and reproduction and revealing a “spiritually healthy” alternative approach that is fully in line with Catholic tradition. \u003ci\u003eWhose Church?\u003c\/i\u003e offers deeply informed and incisive theological arguments in favor of gender equality, affirmative action and antiracism, opposition to war, and the fight against poverty and economic inequality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull of humor, passion, and intolerance for injustice, \u003ci\u003eWhose Church?\u003c\/i\u003e is a manifesto for Catholics and for progressives everywhere—showing the way forward at a critical juncture in the history of the U.S. Catholic Church and in progressive politics more generally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47036865675504,"sku":"9781595583352","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781595583352_p0.jpg?v=1763815407","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781595583352","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}