Creative Conformity: The Feminist Politics of U.S. Catholic and Iranian Shi'i Women

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CREATIVE CONFORMITY Aquinas, Feminism, and the Common Good Susanne M. DeCrane Aquinas on the Emotions: A Religious Ethical Inquiry Diana-Fritz Cates The Banality of Good and Evil: Moral Lessons from the Shoah and Jewish Tradition David R. Blumenthal Catholic Moral Theology in the United States: A History Charles E. Curran The Church and Secularity: Two Stories of Liberal Society Robert Gascoigne The Context of Casuistry James F. Keenan, SJ, and Thomas A. Shannon, Editors The Critical Calling: Reflections on Moral Dilemmas since Vatican II Richard A. McCormick Defending Probabilism: The Moral Theology of Juan Caramuel Julia Fleming Family Ethics: Practices for Christians Julie Hanlon Rubio The Global Face of Public Faith: Politics, Human Rights, and Christian Ethics David Hollenbach, SJ Heroes, Saints, and Ordinary Morality Andrew Michael Flescher Introduction to Jewish and Catholic Bioethics: A Comparative Analysis Aaron L. Mackler John Cuthbert Ford, SJ: Moral Theologian at the End of the Manualist Era Eric Marcelo O. Genilo, SJ Loyal Dissent: Memoir of a Catholic Theologian Charles E. Curran The Moral Theology of Pope John Paul II Charles E. Curran Overcoming Our Evil: Human Nature and Spiritual Exercises in Xunzi and Augustine Aaron Stalnaker Prophetic and Public: The Social Witness of U.S. Catholicism Kristin E. Heyer The Sexual Person: Toward a Renewed Catholic Anthology Todd A. Salzman and Michael G. Lawler Theological Bioethics: Participation, Justice, and Change Lisa Sowle Cahill United States Welfare Policy: A Catholic Response Thomas J. Massaro, SJ Selected Titles from the Moral Traditions Series James F. Keenan, SJ, Series Editor CREATIVE CONFORMITY ) The Feminist Politics of U.S. Catholic and Iranian Shi‘i Women ) Elizabeth M. Bucar Georgetown University Press/Washington, D.C. © 2011 Georgetown University Press. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bucar, Elizabeth M. Creative conformity : the feminist politics of U.S. Catholic and Iranian Shi‘i women / Elizabeth M. Bucar. p. cm. — (Moral traditions series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-58901-739-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Feminism—Political aspects—United States. 2. Feminism—Political aspects—Iran. 3. Women—Political activity—United States. 4. Women— Political activity—Iran. 5. Catholic women—United States. 6. Muslim women—Iran. 7. Shiites—Political activity—Iran. I. Title. HQ1206.B795 2011 305.48'68273—dc22 2010036032 This book is printed on acid-free paper meeting the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence in Paper for Printed Library Materials. 15 14 13 12 11 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 First printing Printed in the United States of America ...