{"id":13,"count":7,"description":"\n\nReviews of Fr Ted Kennedy's book\n\n<strong>WHO IS WORTHY? Ted Kennedy (Preface by Prof Tony Coady), Sydney: Pluto Press, 2000, pb, 152pp, ISBN: 1864030879.<\/strong>\nA radical call for major and profound change in the Australian Catholic Church, as well as a direct challenge to the conservatism epitomised by the Archdiocese of Sydney Cardinal George Pell.\n<strong>Comment<\/strong>\nFather Ted Kennedy describes himself as &ldquo;a sample of that endangered species &ndash; an Australian Catholic priest&rdquo;. He is that, but he is more and even rarer. For what speaks to the reader in this book is the authentic, singular voice of prophecy, a voice seldom heard in the Australian Church. - Professor Tony Coady\n<strong>Detailed Description<\/strong>\nAn insightful and provocative book that challenges the new conservatism in the Australian Catholic Church epitomised by Cardinal George Pell was released in April 2000\nFather Kennedy speaks as a pastor of 40 years experience including 30 years as the parish priest of Redfern. He is angry about what he sees as a dangerous return to the closed mentality which he experienced in his youth.\nFather Kennedy examines how the Church in Australia has corrupted the basic teachings of Christ and has become a church of exclusion rather than inclusion. He is concerned about two groups - each marginalised, each oppressed by the church - gay people and Indigenous Australians.\nFather Kennedy&rsquo;s plea is for a radical reformation which would return the Church to the original message of the gospels.\nSource: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unireps.com.au\/isbn\/1864030879.htm\">http:\/\/www.unireps.com.au\/isbn\/1864030879.htm<\/a>\n\n","link":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/?cat=13","name":"Worthy","slug":"who-is-worthy","taxonomy":"category","parent":2,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/categories\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/categories\/2"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts&categories=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}