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568 BOOK REVIEWS employed for long hours in factories and mines. It was through the democratic process that women were finally freed from this economic subjection. Ultimately, new opportunities were opened to women in the civic and economic spheres. Yet, papal statements for the most part, even in our own century, fail to appreciate the problems of women. Dr. Daly calls attention to the ambivalence of the statements of Pius Xll. John XXIII and Vatican II mark a significant change in outlook. Dr. Daly believes that this horizon-shift leaves no room for retreat. This in spite of the fact that some are trying to revive an " eternal feminine " approach which makes of woman an immutable symbol, yet at the same time fail to accept individual women as persons in the true sense of the word. Ordination to the priesthood is seen not only as a distinct possibility but as the sign of genuine equality. Dr. Daly sees the theological root of antifeminism in the problem of " conceptualizations, images, and attitudes concerning God." (p. 188) Her concern is particularly focused on the concept of God as male which persists and needs, as she maintains, to be exorcised. To bring about an understanding of conditions she sees as " devastating," Dr. Daly uses broad, clear strokes, and herein lies both the strength and weakness of the book. This interestingly written polemic will be read by many who would never peruse a work that traced more meticulously the history of the question including the Church-society dialectic and the syntheses that emerged at various times, or one that contained a more thorough theological exploration of the problem. Perhaps this is not so much a criticism as a hope, for such a book is needed. SISTER M. FRANCIS REGIS CARTON, s.s. N.D. CoUege of Notre Dame of Maryland Baltimore, Maryland Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Convention of the Catholic Theological Society of America 1967. Yonkers, N.Y.: St. Joseph's Seminary, 1968. Pp. 85~. The announced theme of these Proceedings, "The Church's Teaching Authority and Theology as a Science," purports " to offer a reevaluation of the teaching authority of the Church in the light of current theology." Two principal papers treat of the magisterium: " The Role of the Ordinary Magisterium of the Universal Episcopate" by Msgr. Austin B. Vaughan, and " Changeable and Unchangeable Elements in Conciliar Teaching" by Robert L. Richard, S. J. It is unfortunate indeed that the first paper delivered at this convention does not appear here, " The Role of the BOOK REVIEWS 569 Ordinary Papal Teaching in Contemporary Theology," by Eugene M. Burke, C. S. P. Its appearance in this volume would have been most timely, in view of some reactions to the encyclical Humanae Vitae of Paul VI which turned precisely on the impact of the ordinary teaching of the Roman Pontiff on the theological enterprise. One might also have liked to see printed the summary comments at the end of the convention by Rev. Robert E. Hunt entitled "The Theologian and the Magisterium: The Critical Issues of this Convention." Under the umbrella of the above theme three theological topics, original sin, the sacrament of penance, divorce, are discussed in eleven seminar papers. An addendum at the end of the volume is the article " Moral Implications of Business Pricing " by Thomas F. McMahon, C. S. V. Msgr. Vaughan surveys his subject and raises most of the problems that have appeared in contemporary theology. He summarizes the teaching of pre-conciliar theology and of Vatican II itself on this topic; he offers enlightening remarks on the relationship of the Bishops' magisterium to that of the Pope and of the individual bishops, to the prophetic mission of the faithful, on the doctrinal contribution of the local church, on the relationship of non-infallible and infallible elements. He makes suggestions but offers no answer as to the criterion whereby the episcopal ordinary magisterium can be discerned in practice. In assessing the force and authority of non-infallible teaching of the ordinary magisterium he repeats the common interpretation and in a pastoral spirit sagely observes: "We will need more positive leadership on the part of bishops in proposing true doctrine (and...

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