Three groundbreaking essays that discuss the Church's need and call for the restoration of women to the permanent order of deacon.
When Pope Paul VI implemented the decision of the Second Vatican Council to renew the diaconate as a permanent order of ministry, he asked the logical question: “What about women deacons?” That question continues to be asked throughout the Church as the possibility of restoring women to the diaconate emerges more and more as a pressing answer to the ministerial needs of the Church. In Women in Ministry: Emerging Questions about the Diaconate, theologian Phyllis Zagano examines three distinct questions about the possibility of women in the diaconate:
- Is the inclusion of women in the permanent diaconate part of the unfinished business of Vatican I?
- What are the ecumenical implications of women ordained as deacons?
- Did Pope Benedict XVI envision the inclusion of women in the diaconate?
These three timely and important essays are introduced by Deacon William T. Ditewig, PhD, director of lay and deacon formation in the Diocese of Monterey in California and former executive director of the Secretariat for the Diaconate of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington, DC.
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| Format: | Paperback book |
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| Product code: | PA147564 |
| Dimensions: | 5.24" x 7.99" |
| Length: | 112 pages |
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Paulist Press
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| ISBN: | 9780809147564 |
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Praise
This book makes an important contribution to the international conversation on the place of women in ministry. The essays are both readable and infused with research on the restoration of ordained women deacons. Dr. Zagano has clearly scoped a legitimate area of discussion and is providing invaluable assistance to the Church in moving forward to a renewed future.
Phyllis Zagano examines early ecclesial practices, cites current realities within churches in communion with Rome, and articulates implications for participation in church governance as she carefully and cogently invites readers to consider the ordination of women as deacons—a blessed and sacred form of ministry—within the Roman Catholic Church. Readers are left with only one question: Why not?
Author
PHYLLIS ZAGANO, PHD, is senior research associate-in-residence and adjunct professor of religion at Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY. Winner of several Catholic Press Association book awards, her many columns, articles, and books in Catholic studies include Women Deacons: Past, Present, Future, with Gary Macy and William T. Ditewig (Paulist Press, 2011).
