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    Women, Beauty, and Justice
    Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 25 (1): 79-98. 2005.
    IN THIS ESSAY I CONSIDER POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF FEMINIST THEOLogy to theological aesthetics and ethics by comparing the work of Hans Urs von Balthasar, the predominant figure in theological aesthetics, with that of Elizabeth Johnson and Sallie McFague. Balthasar's emphasis on contemplation and obedience in response to the unexpected revelation of God's glory contrasts with the practicality, mutuality, and creativity of feminist theological ethics. On the other hand, feminist theology's emphas…Read more
  •  4
    Liturgy and Ethics: Feminist Perspectives
    The Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics 20 263-274. 2000.
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    Sacraments and Women's Experience
    Listening 28 (1): 52-64. 1993.
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    Beverly Wildung Harrison: Justice in the Making—Feminist Social Ethics
    Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 26 (2): 238-239. 2006.
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    Aesthetics and Ethics: Women Religious as Aesthetic and Moral Educators
    Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 38 (2): 131-148. 2018.
    This essay examines the particular contributions of three communities of women religious for the ways in which they incorporated concerns for the moral formation of their students together with a focus on beauty. These communities not only provided a basic “Catholic moral education” but also aimed to develop persons who saw their responsibility as building a better world that was not only good but also beautiful. Given recent attention to the relationship between ethics and aesthetics, this essa…Read more
  • The bride of Christ and the church body politic
    Verifiche: Rivista Trimestrale di Scienze Umane 42 (1-3): 215-230. 2013.