Why can''t the Catholic Church fully accept gender diverse LGBTQI+ members as ''normal'' Catholic, despite Pope Francis''s compassion for the gay community? In this cutting-edge work, Ballano investigates how deductive moral frameworks and institutional homophobia play a key role in the social exclusion of the LGBTQI+ community in the Catholic Church. He traces the contours of this discrimination by using Francis''s synodal theology as the primary conceptual framework along with sociological perspectives on gender, gender diversity, and morality. This volume aims to build sociological-synodal bridges for the full LGBTQI+ inclusion in the Catholic Church. It is sure to be valuable reading for church authorities, moral theologians, and LGBTQI+ leaders, as well as scholars and students of sociology, religion, theology, and gender studies.

Autorentext
Vivencio O. Ballano is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.

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Section I: Book's Overview and LGBTQI+ Exclusion in the Catholic Church

1. Introduction
2. Pope Francis's Doctrinal Limitations on the LGBTQI+ Inclusion in the Catholic Church

3. Inculturation, Hegemony of Natural Law, and LGBTQI+ Inclusivity in the Catholic Church

   Section II: Conceptual Hurdles of the LGBTQI+ Integration in the Catholic Church

4. Homosexuality and LGBTQI+ Inclusivity Under Natural Law in the Catholic Church
5. Tracing the Cultural and Structural Foundations of Homophobia in the Catholic Church

6. Social Reproduction, Homophobia, and Clerical Education in the Catholic Church

   Section III: Building Bridges Toward the Full LGBTQI+ Inclusion in the Catholic Church

7. A Sociological-Synodal Conceptual Bridge for LGBTQI+ Acceptance in the Church
8. A Synodal-Consultative Bridge for LGBTQI+ Integration in the Universal Church

9. Constructing a Lasting Bridge for LGBTQI+ Inclusivity in the Catholic Church

   Bibliography
   Index