The Year They Gave Women the Priesthood and Other Stories

The Year They Gave Women the Priesthood and Other Stories
Author: Michael Fillerup
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2022
Genre: Mormons
ISBN: 9781560854166

"In this new collection of short fiction, award-winning author Michael Fillerup explores the shuttered landscapes of Mormon culture where feel-good clichés falter and the faithful are scorched in the refiner's fire. The seventeen stories in Fillerup's new compilation run the gamut in length, style, and voice, but all share an unapologetic authenticity. Whether examining the hypocrisy of sexism, the crucible of forgiveness, or the heartbreak of parenthood, Fillerup leads readers through a labyrinth of emotions but never feeds them to the Minotaur. Light shines at the end of each tortuous tunnel and, to the thoughtful reader, genuine joy"--

Godforsaken Idaho

Godforsaken Idaho
Author: Shawn Vestal
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2013
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0544027760

Nine stories illuminate what it means to be Mormon and how faith serves to humanize, in a work that includes a seriocomic portrait of a young Joseph Smith.

Sinner

Sinner
Author: Sierra Simone
Publisher: Sierra Simone
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2018-03-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1732172250

An Entertainment Weekly Top 10 Romance of 2018! I'm not a good man, and I've never pretended to be. I don't believe in goodness or God or any happy ending that isn't paid for in advance. In fact, I've got my own personal holy trinity: in the name of money, sex, and Macallan 18, amen. So when the gorgeous, brilliant Zenny Iverson asks me to teach her about sex, I want to say yes, I really do. Unfortunately, there are several reasons to say no--reasons that even a very bad man like myself can't ignore. 1. She's my best friend's little sister. 2. She's too young for me. Like way too young. 3. She's a nun. Or about to be anyway. But I want her. I want her even with my best friend and God in the way, I want to teach her and touch her and love her, and I know that makes me something much worse than a very bad man. It makes me a sinner. And it's those very sins that are about to save me... ***Sinner is a standalone companion to Priest about Father Bell's brother Sean. You do not have to read Priest or Midnight Mass to read Sinner***

Women and the Priesthood

Women and the Priesthood
Author: Thomas Hopko
Publisher: RSM Press
Total Pages: 270
Release: 1999
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780881411461

The authors search for explanations and reasons why the Orthodox Church has never in its history ordained women to serve as bishops and priests. All agree that the Church had women deacons, and that careful consideration must be given to this office as it existed in the past and as it may once again in the Orthodox Church.

Same Call, Different Men

Same Call, Different Men
Author: Mary Gautier
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2012
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 081463429X

Far-reaching changes continue to take place in the American priesthood. Building on insights gained from four previous surveys, Same Call, Different Men uses fresh data from a 2009 survey-jointly implemented by the National Federation of Priest's Councils and the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate-in which 900 priests shared attitudes and stories about their lives and ministry. Among topics covered are the challenges of ministry with fewer ordinations and larger parishes, ministering to an increasingly multicultural laity, collaboration with lay leaders, and personal reflections on the sexual abuse issue. It also relates the many satisfactions of being a priest, one who brings Christ to others and who is invited into many profound moments of individual lives.

The Priesthood of the Heart

The Priesthood of the Heart
Author: Jo Croissant
Publisher: Alba House Society of St. Paul
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2007
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

"......the hour is coming, in fact has come, when the vocation of woman is being achieved in all its fullness..." as Vatican II affirmed. In this work, a woman speaks to women simply, warmly, humbly........ [from back cover.]

Secret Ceremonies

Secret Ceremonies
Author: Deborah Laake
Publisher:
Total Pages: 240
Release: 1994
Genre: Ex-church members
ISBN: 9780285631915