Over the past decade or so, Roman Catholic moral theology and ethics have taken a radical turn. This has been due largely to the growth and expansion of feminist consciousness, working within the church and outside it. In this controversial book a distinguished Roman Catholic scholar does not withhold criticism from those structures of the hierarchy she feels have done much to hold back informed ethical debate. With vigour and clarity she begins by exploring the tensions in moral theology that follow from developments since the Second Vatican Council, dividing Catholicism into fundamentalism and revisionism. Then she explores the implications of new knowledge and changed historical circumstances for Catholic morality.