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Tina Beattie is professor of Catholic studies at Roehampton University, London

March 2019

The revolt at the Vatican shows the church is still failing women

Tina Beattie
Pope Francis has not brought about the reforms he once talked of, says Catholic academic Tina Beattie

October 2014

Sex, marriage and the Catholic church

Tina Beattie
Tina Beattie: It’s not easy being a feminist and Catholic, and a Vatican power struggle could make things worse

August 2014

Women's rights and gender equality
Pope Francis has done little to improve women’s lives
Tina Beattie: Women do not seem to have a place in the pope’s vision of a Catholic church that cares for the world’s poor people

February 2013

The panel
As Pope Benedict resigns, where did the Catholic church go wrong in the west?
Austen Ivereigh, Alban McCoy, Tina Beattie

Head to head
Should Catholics accept gay marriage?
Austen Ivereigh and Tina Beattie

March 2012

How to believe
Thomas Aquinas, part 8: Thomas for today
Tina Beattie
Tina Beattie: His world view was different from ours, but Aquinas reminds us that wisdom is about more than how things work or how useful they are

How to believe
Thomas Aquinas, part 7: the question of evil
Tina Beattie
Tina Beattie: In defining evil as a lack of good rather than a positive force, Aquinas makes us absolutely responsible for our actions

How to believe
Thomas Aquinas, part 6: natural law
Tina Beattie
Tina Beattie: How to believe: Modern thinkers who appeal to natural law as a foundation for morality often lose sight of Aquinas's more flexible naturalism

February 2012

How to believe
Thomas Aquinas, part 5: what does it mean to be human?
Tina Beattie

How to believe
Thomas Aquinas, part 4: how did the world begin?
Tina Beattie

How to believe
Thomas Aquinas, part 3: scripture, reason and the being of God
Tina Beattie

How to believe
Thomas Aquinas, part 2: the mind as soul
Tina Beattie

January 2012

How to believe
Thomas Aquinas, part 1: rediscovering a father of modernity
Tina Beattie
Tina Beattie: How to believe: Thomas Aquinas was the greatest philosopher of the Christian middle ages. So what can he teach us that we have forgotten?

November 2010

Cif belief
Can the church change its mind?
Tina Beattie
Tina Beattie: The pope's views on contraception blur the line between social and moral teaching

June 2010

Cif belief
Porete, a forgotten female voice
Tina Beattie
Tina Beattie: Who's your favourite heretic? Marguerite Porete was a pious French mystic burned to death for her book, The Mirror of Simple Souls

May 2010

Cif belief
A bulwark against ignorance
Tina Beattie
Tina Beattie: What is theology? To do theology well is to empower people to resist religion's co-option by the powers of fanaticism and violence

April 2009

The question
Hard times ahead for liberals
Tina Beattie
Tina Beattie: The new Archbishop must translate his personal warmth into institutional openness