Celibacy Culture And Society

Author : Elisa Janine Sobo,Sandra Bell
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0299171647

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Celibacy, Culture, and Society by Elisa Janine Sobo,Sandra Bell Pdf

What does celibacy mean for individuals and for the people around them? What function does it serve? This is the first cross-cultural inquiry into the practice of celibacy around the world and through the ages, among groups as diverse as Kenyan villagers and U.S. prisoners, Mazatec Shamans and Buddhist nuns and monks, Shaker church members and anorexic women. The examples of celibacy described here illustrate the complex relationship between human sexuality and its particular sociocultural context. Ideas about the body, gender, family, work, religion, health, and other dimensions of life come sharply into focus as the contributors examine the many practices and institutions surrounding sexual abstinence. They show that, though celibacy is certainly sometimes a punishment or a deliberate ritual abstinence, it also serves many other social and material functions and in some cases contributes to kin-group survival and well-being. Celibacy, Culture, and Society represents a significant step toward understanding the functions and meanings of sexuality.

Author : Sally Kitch
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : 0252016084

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Chaste Liberation by Sally Kitch Pdf

Sex is not a simple concept. Focusing on the issue of celibacy, the author explores the cultures of three post-Civil War utopian communities and their relation to female status in American society. From her examination of the Shakers, Koreshans, and Sanctificationists, the author concludes that the adoption of celibacy promoted theoretical sexual equality and female social power in those religious groups. -- Bookjacket.

Author : Aylward Shorter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Africa
ISBN : IND:30000053157149

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Celibacy and African Culture by Aylward Shorter Pdf

Author : Carl Olson
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780195306316

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Celibacy and Religious Traditions by Carl Olson Pdf

For an educated, general readership and for use in college courses, this text introduces the role of celibacy, or a lack of it, in various religious traditions, and the contributors present the rationale for its observance (or not) within the context of each tradition.

Author : Dale Launderville
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814657348

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Celibacy in the Ancient World by Dale Launderville Pdf

Celibacy is a commitment to remain unmarried and to renounce sexual relations, for a limited period or for a lifetime. Such a commitment places an individual outside human society in its usual form, and thus questions arise: What significance does such an individual, and such a choice, have for the human family and community as a whole? Is celibacy possible? Is there a socially constructive role for celibacy? These questions guide Dale Launderville, OSB, in his study of celibacy in the ancient cultures of Israel, Mesopotamia, and Greece prior to Hellenism and the rise of Christianity. Launderville focuses especially on literary witnesses, because those enduring texts have helped to shape modern attitudes and can aid us in understanding the factors that may call forth the practice of celibacy in our own time. Readers will discover how celibacy fits within a context of relationships, and what kinds of relationships thus support a healthy and varied society, one aware of and oriented to its cosmic destiny. Dale Launderville, OSB, is professor of theology at Saint John's University School of Theology 'eminary, Collegeville, Minnesota. He is the author of Piety and Politics: The Dynamics of Royal Authority in Homeric Greece, Biblical Israel, and Old Babylonian Mesopotamia (Eerdmans, 2003) and Spirit and Reason: The Embodied Character of Ezekiel's Symbolic Thinking (Baylor University Press, 2007).

Author : Elizabeth Abbott
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Celibacy
ISBN : 9780684849430

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A History of Celibacy by Elizabeth Abbott Pdf

What causes people to give up sex? Abbott's provocative and entertaining exploration of celibacy through the ages debunks traditional notions about celibacy--a practice that reveals much about human sexual desires and drives.

Author : Peter M. J. Stravinskas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Celibacy
ISBN : 0970402228

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Priestly Celibacy by Peter M. J. Stravinskas Pdf

"Apriest makes a commitment to do a rather incredible thing in our .. society today; to make a promise, for the sake of the Lord, not to marry, not to have a wife and children. It is a very radical and counter-cultural commitment in our sexually permissive society. A priest promises to be celibate and chaste. It makes little sense to our secular world--little sense outside the context of faith. The priest follows the example of Jesus, Who never married. Celibacy entails sacrifice and prayer and frees the priest to fall in love with his flock and to serve them with an undivided heart. ........" [from back cover]

Author : Jodi O'Brien
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 1033 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781412909167

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Encyclopedia of Gender and Society by Jodi O'Brien Pdf

Entries discuss the impact gender has had on cultural beliefs and practices, social and economic organizations, and individual lives.

Author : Arthur Kennedy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-14
Category : Celibacy
ISBN : 0989029204

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Celibacy and the Priesthood by Arthur Kennedy Pdf

Author : Frances Pine,João de Pina-Cabral
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2008-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780857450111

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On the Margins of Religion by Frances Pine,João de Pina-Cabral Pdf

Focusing on places, objects, bodies, narratives and ritual spaces where religion may be found or inscribed, the authors reveal the role of religion in contesting rights to places, to knowledge and to property, as well as access to resources. Through analyses of specific historical processes in terms of responses to socio-economic and political change, the chapters consider implicitly or explicitly the problematic relation between science (including social sciences and anthropology in particular) and religion, and how this connects to the new religious globalisation of the twenty-first century. Their ethnographies highlight the embodiment of religion and its location in landscapes, built spaces and religious sites which may be contested, physically or ideologically, or encased in memory and often in silence. Taken together, they show the importance of religion as a resource to the believers: a source of solace, spiritual comfort and self-willed submission.

Author : Christine Colón,Bonnie Field
Publisher : Brazos Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441204288

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Singled Out by Christine Colón,Bonnie Field Pdf

Authors Christine Colón and Bonnie Field thought that by a certain age they would each be married. But they watched that age come and go--and still no walks down the aisle. In Singled Out, they reflect on their experience--and that of an increasing number of Christians. Rejecting overly simplistic messages from the church about "waiting for marriage," they explore a deeper understanding of celibacy that affirms singles' decision to be sexually pure, acknowledges their struggles, and recognizes their importance in the church community. Thoughtful and accessible, Singled Out is an invaluable voice of realistic encouragement for any single as well as an important tool for church leaders and others concerned with mission and ministry for singles.

Author : Prudentius Emeka Aroh
Publisher : Pontificia Univ. Gregoriana
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8878392839

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Priestly Celibacy by Prudentius Emeka Aroh Pdf

Is celibacy an exclusive practice of the Latin Church? Why has priestly celibacy in the Catholic Church always been singled out for attacks? Is the requirement of celibacy harmful to man's psycho-sexual equilibrium and to the normal development of human personality? Is celibacy a greater burden to priests from non-Western cultures like Ingho-Nigerian culture? Is priestly celibacy still relevant in today's society? If priestly celibacy is a charism, how can it be imposed by law? These crucial questions about priestly celibacy find their answers in this work. There has been a debate concerning the primary source of the obligation of priestly celibacy. This work clarifies that since priestly celibacy is a charism of the Holy Spirit, the primary source of obligation does not rise from the law but from the charism itself (gift) and from the free response which the person gives in love to this charism (commitment). The work traced the magisterium of the Church on priestly celibacy from 1917 code to the pontificate of Benedict XVI and came to the conclusion that the crisis associated with celibacy is not solved by abrogating the law but through an integrated celibate formation of seminarians. The work therefore developed an integrated celibate formation model for Igho-Nigerian seminarians, a model which is adaptable to the formation of seminarians in any socio-cultural and ecclesial situation.

Author : Gabrielle Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1981-08
Category : Celibacy
ISBN : 0345298039

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The New Celibacy by Gabrielle Brown Pdf

Author : Christine Colón,Bonnie Field
Publisher : Brazos Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781587432378

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Singled Out by Christine Colón,Bonnie Field Pdf

This balanced and encouraging book shows how the adult single can embrace and maintain chastity as an important contribution to the church's witness and mission.

Author : Joseph Daniel Unwin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1934
Category : Social Science
ISBN : MINN:319510015234617

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Sex and Culture by Joseph Daniel Unwin Pdf