This book is frustrating to read. I would not bother except that it was recomended for my research paper. It is written in an obscure style and from an ultra-conservative perspective. Martin is against most feminism but what was even more disturbing was our discovery that he [copied]several pages of the book. I discovered it when my boy friend borrowed the book. He stopped by Regina Hall last night and showed me annother book that he got from inter library loan. John S. Grabowski wrote "Theological Anthropology And Gender Since Vatican TWo". On pages 389-392 Martin describes the pope's teaching in EXACTLY THE SAME WORDS that Grabowski uses in his book on pages 320-326. He wrote his book in 1991 and Martin wrote his in 1994. I thought that was totally illegal. Students get flunked for it but here is a teach getting away with it. My boy friend said he found other places too. Shame on Martin.