Celibacy in Crisis

A Secret World Revisited

Inbunden, Engelska, 2003

AvA.W. Richard Sipe,A. W. Richard Sipe

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In 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.

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Utgivningsdatum2003-09-22
Mått152 x 229 x 27 mm
Vikt680 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor368
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780415944724

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Foreword by Reverend Richard P. McBrien PART I.BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT1. WHY STUDY CELIBACY?Sex/Celibacy: Breaking the taboo · The broader context · The study: what it is and what it is not · Reasons for this study2. WHAT IS IT?Factors of the Crisis · The meanings of celibacy · Abstinence · Law and ideal · Christ the ideal · Love · Definition of Celibacy3. HOW DO THOSE WHO PROFESS CELIBACY PRACTICE IT?Levels of Observation · Numerical Summary · Estimates of Sexual Behavior · NarrativesPART II. PRACTICE VERSUSPROFESSION4. THE MASTURBATIONSNature · Pathology · Maturity and immaturity · Nocturnal emissions · Fasting · Spontaneous emissions · Vice and virtue · Guilt 5. PRIESTS AND WOMENThe heterosexual presumption · Splitting and secrecy · Heterosexual relationships · Heterosexual behaviors · Patterns of association6. WHEN PRIESTS BECOME FATHERSBirths · Abortion7. THE HOMOSEXUALITIESHomosexualities 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 health8. SEXUAL COMPROMISESWhat is normal? · The place of women · Fear of women · What is pornography? · Exhibitionistic behavior · Transvestism · Priests and animals · Suffering and sexual violencePARTIII. THE HEART OF THE CRISIS9. PRIESTS AND MINORSWhat is pedophilia? · Frequency of Occurrence · Social ramifications of abuse · Causes · Avenues of access · Behaviors · Victims-the aftermath · Treatment · Awareness of the problem · The future10. WHO ABUSES?Psychological profile · Categories of vulnerability · Four case studies11. 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 ethicsPART IV. PROCESS AND ATTAINMENT12. LIVING WITH CELIBACYWhat is the process of celibacy? · Developmental relationships · Internalization · Temporal stages13. THE ACHIEVEMENT OF CELIBACYEssential elements of celibate achievement · Who will follow? · The crisis of abuseEPILOGUE: DIMENSIONS OF THE CRISIS The seven pillars of the crisisReferencesIndexAcknowledgmentsAbout the Author

"Now that the celibate cat is out of the bag, so to speak, there is a deep and pressing need for the kind of professional expertise and wisdom that Richard Sipe can provide--expertise and wisdom born not only of study and reflection, but also of years of experience as a priest and psychotherapist. Because of the efforts of persons like himself, there is hope that the 'secret world' of clerical celibacy and sexuality will eventually be transformed into what he calls a 'better world'." -- from the foreword by Richard P. McBrien