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Catholic Women's Search for More Inclusive Faith Traditions

Writer and professor Mary Jo Weaver teaches Religious and Women's Studies at Indiana University. Her new book is, "Springs of Water in a Dry Land." It's about the double bind that many Catholic women find themselves in, of either living within a institutionalized and oppressive church structure, or rejecting a church which is a source of spiritual enrichment. Weaver argues that it is possible for a woman to be a feminist and remain Catholic.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, March 8, 1993: Interview with Mary Jo Weaver; Interview with Mary Frances Berry; Review of Shulamith Fireston's book "The Dialectic of Sex."
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