Julie Byrne: 3 books
The Other Catholics
Remaking America's Largest Religion
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2016
Independent Catholics are not formally connected to the pope in Rome. They practice apostolic succession, seven sacraments, and devotion to the saints. But without a pope, they can change quickly and experiment freely, with some affirming communion for the divorced, women's ordination, clerical marriage,...
O God of Players
The Story of the Immaculata Mighty Macs
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2003
Between 1972 and 1974, the Mighty Macs of Immaculata College—a small Catholic women's school outside Philadelphia—made history by winning the first three women's national college basketball championships ever played. A true Cinderella team, this unlikely fifteenth-seeded squad triumphed against...
by Barbara Pini, Berit Brandth, Jo Little
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
Feminist concern with difference has rarely extended to rurality even if it is now widely recognized that experiences of inequality depend on intersections of several identities in each individual life. This lack of concern may reflect the urban background of the majority of feminist academics or...