Description
This book sociologically investigates the contemporary Catholic Church’s stance on gender diversity and “gender ideology” and explores ways to adapt the social science perspectives on sex, gender, and gender fluidity in the Church’s moral teachings, applying Pope Francis’s inductive synodal theology. Using the sociological theories on gender, moral panics, and morality and drawing on secondary literature, media reports, and church documents, it specifically unpacks the “gender ideology’s” alleged grave threats to humanity, family, children, and human dignity as moral panics as well as examines the Catholic morality of gender-enhancement treatment and sex change. Ultimately, this book aims to inculturate or adapt the contemporary sociological gender theory and research in the Catholic Church’s moral doctrines as a synodal response to the “signs of the times.” It therefore appeals to church authorities, moral theologians, LGBTQI leaders, as well as scholars and students of sociology, religion, and gender studies.
Table of Contents
The Book’s Overview.- Gender and “Gender Ideology” in the Catholic Church: A Synodal-Sociological Exploration.- Separating the “Wheat from the Chaff” in the Catholic Church’s “Gender Ideology”: A Sociological-Synodal Unpacking.- “Gender Ideology’s” Alleged Threat to Humanity: A Critical Sociological-Synodal Analysis.- “Gender Ideology’s” Alleged Dangers to the Family in Society: A Synodal-Sociological Appraisal.- “Gender Ideology’s” Alleged Threats to Children’s Welfare, Sociology, and Synodal Theology.- “Gender Ideology” and the Catholic Morality of Transgenderism and Sex Change.- Human Dignity and Gender Issues in Contemporary Society: A Synodal-Sociological Exploration.- Inculturating Gender Diversity and LGBTQI Inclusivity: A Synodal Call for the Catholic Church.
