Celia Wexler

Celia Wexler is an award-winning journalist and nonfiction author. Wexler’s first book, Out of the News: Former Journalists Discuss a Profession in Crisis (McFarland) won a national award for excellence from the Society of Professional Journalists. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Columbia Journalism Review, and The Nation.

Archive, Books, RD10Q, Remapping American Christianities, Sexuality/GenderNovember 28, 2016

‘Catholic Feminist’ Isn’t an Oxymoron, and Other Tales From a Beleaguered Tradition

By Celia Wexler

In her latest book, journalist Celia Wexler explores the conflicted feelings many Catholic women have towards their faith and the attempts to make peace with the institutions and traditions that fail them.