Open AccessCatholic Women in Homiletical Leadership: A Discussion of the Current State of Catholic Women Trained in Homiletics
Author(s) -
Karla J. Bellinger
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
homiletic
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2152-6923
pISSN - 0738-0534
DOI - 10.15695/hmltc.v40i2.4199
Subject(s) - institution , state (computer science) , theology , sociology , population , religious studies , philosophy , social science , demography , algorithm , computer science
Prior to the establishment of the DMin degree at Aquinas Institute in 1996, there was no terminal degree in preaching from a Catholic institution of higher learning. Since that time, eighteen Catholic women have obtained doctorates in preaching. In November of 2014, the author surveyed that population to ask: Who are these women who are prepared for leadership in homiletics? What is their current situation? And what are their hopes, frustrations, and dreams? This essay summarizes the responses to those questions in order to open the discussion about Catholic women in homiletic leadership.