Illuminating Histories: Cracking Open the Boundaries of the Church

This article brings together four contributions that challenges traditional understandings of the Catholic Church. The authors raise from a variety of theological perspectives questions to how the Church sees itself, whose voice makes it into the main narrative, whose bodies are included or excluded, but also how violence and dissent translate into the life of people.

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Political Theology
Published
2025-12-23
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/1462317x.2025.2601942
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Catholicism and Religious Studies
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Illuminating Histories: Cracking Open the Boundaries of the Church

Whitney Harper, Jens Van Rompaey, Karen Papellero, Taylor J. Ott
Political Theology
Catholicism and Religious Studies
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Illuminating Histories: Cracking Open the Boundaries of the Church

Whitney Harper, Jens Van Rompaey, Karen Papellero, Taylor J. Ott
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Abstract

This article brings together four contributions that challenges traditional understandings of the Catholic Church. The authors raise from a variety of theological perspectives questions to how the Church sees itself, whose voice makes it into the main narrative, whose bodies are included or excluded, but also how violence and dissent translate into the life of people.

Political Theology
St. Bonaventure University (US), UCLouvain (BE), KU Leuven (BE)
Peace, Justice and strong institutions
Openalex Percentile: Top 20%
Catholicism and Religious Studies
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