Journal Entry 1 by LastEdition on Saturday, May 20, 2006

From Library Journal:
This work is a respectful yet challenging assessment of the Roman Catholic Church's treatment of its theologians who reflect contrary views from those of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF). Collins, who recently resigned from the priesthood after 33 years of service, was renounced by the CDF for his earlier Papal Power: A Proposal for Change in Catholicism's Third Millennium, which became the catalyst for this book. In eight passionately written essays, he considers the lives, work, and trials of several priests and sisters whose ideas were reviewed by the CDF. The essays carefully consider the historical, biographical, and theological particulars of each case, using the unique words and experiences of the theologian investigated, among them Hans Kung, Lavinia Byrne, Charles Curran, Jeannine Gramick and Robert Nugent, Tissa Balusaria, and the author himself. Two introductory essays outline the history of the Roman Inquisition's evolution into the modern CDF and an in-depth analysis of the secret procedures operative when "investigated" by the Holy Office. A helpful glossary and bibliography complete this timely work. 

Journal Entry 2 by LastEdition on Thursday, June 22, 2006

Not being a Catholic it took me some time to get the idea, but having perservered I found it rewarding reading.