Catholicism: End or Beginning? Reflections on The Unfinished Manuscript by Mary Daly

This roundtable session examines the unfinished manuscript written by Mary Daly, Catholicism: End or Beginning. Now published as a volume, the roundtable brings together its contributors to extend the conversation started by this text. The central conviction of this panel is that Daly is indeed a part of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition – whether Daly and Roman Catholic scholars would claim one another or not.  As such, this panel hopes to bring Daly back into conversation with Catholic theologians. In so doing, the panel will explore two major elements of Daly’s life and intellectual journey: (1) her time as an observer at the Second Vatican Council (2) the significance of her engagement with Catholic theologians in Catholicism: End or Beginning (CEB) as well as the points of intersection between Daly Studies and Catholic Studies. The panel will conclude with a reflection on the ecclesiological challenges her thought offers the church today.