The Authority of Women in the Catholic Church by Monica Migliorino Miller - Emmaus Road Publishing - Google
(via Fr. Z)
Only a few pages of the most relevant chapter (6) are available -- and here the author equivocates on the word authority, speaking of the authority a woman has over herself (the right to choose to become a consecrated virgin, for example;she cites St. Augustine and claims that women have authority over their husbands, when her examples do not substantiate this claim. The only show that a woman has a right to speak out about her husband's sins and to protest them. She has no authority to enforce behavior or to claim obedience.
Another well-intentioned book by a conservative Catholic that is more problematic than it should be, as it is dressed up as a theological argument from authority? (Would the author claim to be a Catholic feminist? The book appears to be an elaboration of this essay.)
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