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( In recent years, scandals involving sexual abuse, polit...)
In recent years, scandals involving sexual abuse, politics, money, and morality have rocked mainstream Christianity. At the same time, The Da Vinci Code spent over two years on the bestseller lists and sparked massive interest in Mary Magdalene. Joanna Manning argues that this is no coincidence, and that Christianity’s future depends on a fundamental shift toward the issues of today. She explores some of those issues here, including women’s roles, erotic and sexual diversity, the environment and the new cosmology, and religious pluralism.
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( Joanna Manning introduces readers to the growing polari...)
Joanna Manning introduces readers to the growing polarization within Christianity and its relationship with the modern world. She warns against the ongoing retreat into fundamentalism and exclusivity and points the way toward inclusivity and compassion. She shows how John Paul II has joined forces with Prostestant fundamentalists to rein in the feminist movement and perpetuate male-only leadership through coercive and authoritarian uses of power.
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She then moved to Toronto and worked as an administrator within the Roman Catholic school boards. Manning eventually grew dissatisfed with the teachings of her church and sought to reform its patriarchal system from within, something which provoked the ire of the Archibshop of Toronto. She has written a number of books about her demands for reform and has written for local Toronto newspapers on the topic.
( Joanna Manning introduces readers to the growing polari...)
( In recent years, scandals involving sexual abuse, polit...)
