Gender Ideology and the Contemporary Catholic Church : A Sociological-Synodal Exploration and Inculturation

• Autore: Ballano Vivencio O
• Pubblicazione: Singapore : , : Springer, , 2024; ©2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (188 pages)
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- About This Book -- Contents -- About the Author -- Part I Overview of the Book and Unpacking Gender Ideology in the Catholic Church -- 1 Introduction: Overview of the Book -- Introduction -- Synod, Synodality, and Inculturation -- Pope Francis and GI -- Research Gap and Contribution -- Objectives and Main Arguments -- Methodology -- Overview of Major Parts and Chapters -- Theoretical Orientation -- Origin and Theological Foundations of GI -- Philosophy, Sociology, and Contemporary Morality -- Role of Sociologists in Studying Religion -- Pope Francis's Inductive Theology and Sociology -- Catholic Theology, Sociology, and Morality -- RCC's Moral Panic in GI and Francis's Synodal Theology -- Inculturating Sociological Gender Perspectives in RCC -- Conclusion -- References -- 2 Gender and "Gender Ideology" in the Catholic Church: A Synodal-Sociological Exploration -- Introduction -- The Philosophical and the Sociological Approaches to Moral Issues -- Objectives, Major Sections, and Arguments -- Theoretical Orientation -- Gender Moral Issues and Inductive Synodal Investigation -- Living Church Tradition and Ad Theologiam Promovendam (ATP) -- Gender Moral Issues and Limitation of Philosophical Theology -- The Sociology of Morality -- Inseparability of Sex and Gender in TNLT -- Reappraising Gender and Gender Complementarity -- Re-evaluating Biblical Gender Complementarity -- Exploring a Common Ground Through Synodality -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Separating the Wheat from the Chaff in the Catholic Church's "Gender Ideology": A Sociological-Synodal Analysis -- Introduction -- Pope Francis's Mixed Signals on Synodality and GI -- Objectives, Major Parts, and Arguments -- Theoretical Orientation -- Pope Francis's Inductive Theological Approach -- Theological and Sociological Methods and Morality -- Sociology of Gender and Misconceptions of GI. ; The Difference Between Ideology and Theory -- Theory as Tentative in Sociology -- Major Sociological Gender Theories -- Functionalist Gender Theory -- Conflict Gender Theory -- Symbolic Interactionist Gender Theory -- Feminist Gender Theories in Sociology -- Areas of Conflict Between the RCC and Feminism -- Synodal Dialogue Between Feminists and Catholic Moralists -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II Gender Ideology's Alleged Threats to Humanity, Family, and Children's Welfare -- 4 "Gender Ideology's" Alleged Threat to Humanity: A Critical Sociological-Synodal Analysis -- Introduction -- Background -- GI as a Moral Panic -- Aims, Main Sections, and Arguments -- Theoretical Foundation -- Pope Francis's Inductive Synodal Theology -- Sociological Concept of Moral Panics and GI -- Debunking GI's Alleged Threat to Humanity -- Inculturation and Ethnocentric View of Gender in GI -- No Empirical Proof of Gender's Threat to Humanity -- Social Construction of Gendered Humanity Under Natural Law -- Panic Reaction to Sociological and Feminist Challenges to TNLT -- Resolving the Conceptual Conflict Through Synodality -- Conflict of Fundamental Perspectives -- Resolving Conceptual Conflict Through Synodality -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Gender Ideology's Alleged Danger to the Family in Society: A Synodal-Sociological Appraisal -- Introduction -- Background -- Sociological Foundation of GI as Moral Panic -- Aims, Major Sections, and Arguments -- Theoretical Foundation -- Resolving Moral Panic Through Synodality -- Cultural Relativism and Francis's Synodality -- Synodal-Sociological Unpacking of GI's Threat to the Family -- Conflicting Theological and Sociological Foundation of Gender -- No Real Harm of Gender to the Family as Portrayed by GI -- The Real "Folk Devil" and Reproductive Technology -- Ethnocentrism, Cultural Relativism, and Synodality. ; Conclusion -- References -- 6 "Gender Ideology's" Alleged Threats to Children's Welfare: A Sociological-Synodal Analysis -- Introduction -- Aims, Major Arguments, and Main Sections -- Theoretical Orientation -- Basic Conflict in Approaching Gender -- Understanding Moral Panics and GI -- Synodality, Sociology, and Children's Welfare -- GI and Defining Children's Welfare -- Children's Welfare in Same-Sex Families -- Societal Context, Homophobia, and Children's Welfare -- Sociological Approach to Defining Children's Welfare -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III Transgenderism, Human Dignity, and the Inculturation of Gender Diversity -- 7 "Gender Ideology" and the Catholic Morality of Gender-Enhancing Treatment and Sex Change -- Introduction -- Aims and Major Arguments -- Theoretical Foundation -- Sociology of Morality -- Church Teaching and Transgenderism -- Medical Intervention in Transgenderism as GI -- Synodality in Analyzing Transgender Realities -- Sociology of Morality and Inquiry into Motives -- Moral Situations and Motives in GET and Sex Change -- Applying the Principle of Double Effect -- Synodal-Sociological Approach to GET and Sex Change -- Conclusion -- References -- 8 Human Dignity and Gender Issues in Contemporary Society: A Synodal-Sociological Exploration -- Introduction -- Social and Conceptual Background -- Human Dignity and Gender Complementarity -- Objectives, Main Sections, and Arguments -- Overall Theoretical Framework -- Pope Francis's Synodal Inductive Approach -- The Sociological Approach -- Analyzing DI's Human Dignity and Gender Issues -- Gender Diversity and DI's Human Dignity -- Gender Complementarity and Human Dignity -- DI's Four-Fold Distinction of Human Dignity -- DI's Philosophical Approach and Pope Francis's Synodality -- Resolving the Empirical Basis of Gender Complementarity. ; Sex and Gender Complementarity in Genesis -- Re-examining the Empirical Foundation of Gender Complementarity -- Biblical Gender Complementarity as Prototypical -- Conclusion -- References -- 9 Inculturating Gender Diversity and LGBTQI Inclusivity: A Synodal Call for the Catholic Church -- Introduction -- Aims, Main Sections, and Arguments -- Conceptual Framework -- Call for Inculturation and Inductive Synodal Theology -- Recognizing the Call of the Times and Sociology -- Gender Diversity and Fluidity -- Sex, Gender, and the Rise of the LBTQI Movement -- Social Discrimination and LGBTQI Protest -- The RCC's Response to the LGBTQ Movement and the Religious Right -- Call to Inculturation Concerning Sex and Gender -- The Crux of the Matter -- Inculturating Sociology in the RCC's Teaching -- Conclusion -- References.
• Titolo autorizzato: Gender Ideology and the Contemporary Catholic Church
• ISBN: 9789819781249; 9789819781232
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910906195903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II