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ISBN 10: 0415944732
ISBN 13: 9780415944731
Author: A W Richard Sipe, Reverend Richard P McBrien
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.
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 FORTHIS 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
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
ETHICALCODE
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 DlMENSIONS OF THE CRISIS
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Tags: A W Richard Sipe, Reverend Richard P McBrien, Celibacy, Crisis
