Astorga gives a very readable and comprehensive take on one of the most con- troversial fields after Vatican II: moral theology. As an Asian and feminist author, she communicates with analytic power and many compelling examples how im- portant one's social experience and cultural vision are to one's insights, convic- tions and normative arguments. This strikingly original work refuses to get bogged down in tired debates of the 70's, and provides an incisive, spiritually attuned, globally sensitive, and hopeful proposal for the future of Christian social ethics.*