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PublisherRoutledge

ISBN-100415944732

ISBN-139780415944731

eBay Product ID (ePID)2726086

Product Key Features

Number of Pages368 Pages

Publication NameCelibacy in Crisis : a Secret World Revisited

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2003

SubjectGeneral, Mental Health, Sexuality & Gender Studies, Psychotherapy / Counseling, Clergy

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaReligion, Psychology

AuthorA. W. Richard Sipe

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight19.2 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6.2 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2003-009530

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal253/.252

Table Of ContentForeword by Reverend Richard P. McBrien PART I. BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT 1. WHY STUDY CELIBACY? Sex/Celibacy: Breaking the taboo · The broader context · The study: what it is and what it is not · Reasons for this study 2. WHAT IS IT? Factors of the Crisis · The meanings of celibacy · Abstinence · Law and ideal · Christ the ideal · Love · Definition of Celibacy 3. HOW DO THOSE WHO PROFESS CELIBACY PRACTICE IT? Levels of Observation · Numerical Summary · Estimates of Sexual Behavior · Narratives PART II. PRACTICE VERSUS PROFESSION 4. THE MASTURBATIONS Nature · Pathology · Maturity and immaturity · Nocturnal emissions · Fasting · Spontaneous emissions · Vice and virtue · Guilt 5. PRIESTS AND WOMEN The heterosexual presumption · Splitting and secrecy · Heterosexual relationships · Heterosexual behaviors · Patterns of association 6. WHEN PRIESTS BECOME FATHERS Births · Abortion 7. THE HOMOSEXUALITIES Homosexualities and the clergy · Denial of the homosocial structure · The male matrix · The system of secrecy · Developmental questions and variations · Alcoholism · Acquired immune deficiency syndrome · Homosexuality and mental health 8. SEXUAL COMPROMISES What is normal? · The place of women · Fear of women · What is pornography? · Exhibitionistic behavior · Transvestism · Priests and animals · Suffering and sexual violence PART III. THE HEART OF THE CRISIS 9. PRIESTS AND MINORS What is pedophilia? · Frequency of Occurrence · Social ramifications of abuse · Causes · Avenues of access · Behaviors · Victims-the aftermath · Treatment · Awareness of the problem · The future 10. WHO ABUSES? Psychological profile · Categories of vulnerability · Four case studies 11. CAN CLERGY SEXUAL ABUSE BE PREVENTED? Screening · Denial · Ecclesiogenic factors · Systemic elements · Mandatory celibacy · Ethical code · Impediments to ethical definitions · Elements of a code of sexual ethics PART IV. PROCESS AND ATTAINMENT 12. LIVING WITH CELIBACY What is the process of celibacy? · Developmental relationships · Internalization · Temporal stages 13. THE ACHIEVEMENT OF CELIBACY Essential elements of celibate achievement · Who will follow? · The crisis of abuse EPILOGUE: DIMENSIONS OF THE CRISIS The seven pillars of the crisis References Index Acknowledgments About the Author

SynopsisIn the midst of the worst crisis the Catholic Church has seen in almost 500 years, this book challenges Catholic authorities to renew, rethink, or reform the long-standing institution of celibacy.

LC Classification NumberBX1912.9.S565 2003