{"product_id":"the-wounded-church-annie-selak-9781531513368","title":"The Wounded Church: Tending to the Harm Within Catholicism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eConfronting racism, sexism, and clericalism in Catholic life and inviting real conversion and justice\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Wounded Church\u003c\/i\u003e, theologian Annie Selak argues that the Catholic Church must confront its own injuries in order to credibly be the Church. Using a feminist framework, she develops a new ecclesiology around three wounds, racism, sexism, and clericalism, that actively harm the Body of Christ and distort its witness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAttentive to history, pastoral practice, and lived experience, Selak shows how each wound is both inflicted by the Church and borne within the Church. She offers the resurrected body of Jesus, scarred yet no longer bleeding, as a guiding metaphor for ecclesial renewal, a body that does not deny its wounds but is transformed through them. Drawing on Karl Rahner, she grounds hope in the reign of God while insisting on concrete institutional and spiritual conversion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten for students and scholars, ministers and lay leaders, \u003ci\u003eThe Wounded Church \u003c\/i\u003euncovers overlooked histories tied to racism, sexism, and the clergy sexual abuse crisis, and proposes clear theological principles for reform. The result is a constructive, pastorally engaged vision that tells the truth about harm and imagines credible paths toward change, accountability, and justice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Annie Selak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1531513360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781531513368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Annie Selak","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48623505408255,"sku":"9781531513368","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-wounded-church-annie-selak-9781531513368","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}