Abstract
Abstract Chapter 4 acknowledges strains of contemporary feminism in which the idealization of marriage and sexual fidelity are questioned and new configurations of love and family are advocated. It argues that while this strain of radical feminism stands in tension with earlier Catholic visions of family, most feminists have been reformists when it comes to marriage. It turns to modern Catholic theology, first- and second-wave feminists, and Catholic feminist marriage movements of the twentieth century as models for affirming feminist concerns about mutuality while not abandoning fidelity or the potential contribution of strong marriages to a better world. Shared Catholic and feminist commitments to love, justice, and acceptance of a diversity of households are offering as potential grounding for authentic Catholic feminist identity today. In the face of more popular departure narratives stressing the important of freedom from ties that bind, this vision of lifelong, egalitarian, outward-facing marriage offers a compelling alternative.
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