Writer and profesor MARY JO WEAVER. She teaches Religious and Women's Studies at Indiana University. Her new book is, "Springs of Water in a Dryland: Spiritual Survival for Catholic Women Today," (Beacon Press). It's about the "double bind" that many Catholic women find themselves in, of either living within a institutionalized church structure that is oppressive, or rejecting a church which is a source of spiritual enrichment. In her book WEAVER argues that it is possible for a woman to be a feminist and remain Catholic. WEAVER is also the author of "New Catholic Women: A Contemporary Challenge to Traditional Religious Authority."
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