What is joan chittister known for
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Joan Chittister
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Risking the Questions podcast: Why she stays
Listen: Being a woman in the Catholic Church, a nun who insists on asking difficult questions and holding those in power to account for what they say and do, can make for a sometimes lonely, difficult life. So why does Sister Joan stay?
Risking the Questions podcast: Engaging the world and traditions beyond the monastery
Listen: In this episode Sr. Joan Chittister describes how she came to understand the significance of other traditions. Her understanding of the world's wisdom carries practical implications for each of us.
Risking the Questions podcast: Women and the Catholic Church
Listen: Sr. Joan Chittister still feels the negative effects of being a woman in the Catholic Church, but she
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Benedictine Sr. Joan Chittister is 'Risking the Questions' in a new podcast
Benedictine Sr. Joan Chittister has a well-earned reputation as one who dares to ask big, bold questions — of civil and church authorities, of long-held assumptions about women and their place in the church and the wider world, about religious life, about the church itself.
This first episode in her new podcast, "Risking the Questions," fittingly explores her book Called to Question: A Spiritual Memoir, a detailed exploration of one of the important arcs of change she experienced in religious life.
A joint project of Benetvision and NCR, "Risking the Questions" invites you into conversations that most of us only have in our own minds. Chittister — whose courageous and surprising spiritual insights come from 70 years as a Benedictine sister — and her friend and biographer, former National Catholic Reporter editor Tom Roberts, discuss deep and universal topics in this series.
In episode two, Chittister and Roberts explore the impact of the Second Vatican Council on r
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Risking the Questions podcast: Women and the Catholic Church
She still feels the negative effects of being a woman in the Catholic Church but she also thinks on many levels and in society, things have changed for the better from the time she came across the McGrath volume.
"Risking the Questions" is a joint project of Benetvision and NCR. This podcast has been made possible in part by the generosity of Bill and Jeanne Buchanan.
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