Celibate

Author : Maria Giura
Publisher : Apprentice House
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1627202145

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Celibate by Maria Giura Pdf

When twenty-eight-year-old Maria Giura fell in love with Catholic priest Father James Infanzi, she had no idea how needy and angry they both were nor how complicated their attraction would become. His attention seemed to fill the void left by her fractured family, but he also seemed to be a sign for her to finally face the celibate vocation she'd been running from ever since she first felt God's call. Celibate focuses on her ten-year struggle to let go of this priest, to heal from her childhood, and to finally embrace her true calling. Fiercely honest and tender, this memoir is ultimately a story about surrender, forgiveness, and facing one's deepest needs.

Author : Keith Clark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0877933286

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Being Sexual-- and Celibate by Keith Clark Pdf

Provides thoughful presentations on what, for most people remain unexamined assumptions. Urges readers to seriously examine their own experience of being sexual and not fear its mystery and to recognize the necessity for intimacy in their lives. Reflects on the role of intimacy within religious communities and the fraternity of priests, and its role byond community.

Author : John Mark Falkenhain
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814687970

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How We Love by John Mark Falkenhain Pdf

2020 Association of Catholic Publishers second place award in general interest In this volume, Br. John Mark Falkenhain, OSB, a Benedictine monk and clinical psychologist, provides a well-researched and thorough program for celibacy formation for men and women, adaptable to both religious and seminary settings. Attending to the theological and the psycho-sexual dimensions of what it means to pursue a life of chaste celibacy, Br. John Mark identifies and expands on four major content areas, including motives for chaste celibacy, theological aspects of celibate chastity, sexual identity, and skills for celibate living. Formation goals and benchmarks for discernment are discussed for each content area, and implications and suggestions for ongoing formation are offered.

Author : Fr. Carter Griffin
Publisher : Emmaus Road Publishing
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781949013337

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Why Celibacy?: Reclaiming the Fatherhood of the Priest by Fr. Carter Griffin Pdf

“The Church today demands a profound renewal of celibate priesthood and the fatherhood to which it is ordered.” Priestly celibacy, some say, is an outdated relic from another age. Others see it as a lonely way of life. But as Fr. Carter Griffin argues in Why Celibacy?: Reclaiming the Fatherhood of the Priest, the ancient practice of celibacy, when lived well, helps a priest exercise his spiritual fatherhood joyfully and fruitfully. Along the way, Griffin explores: the question of optional celibacy some pitfalls of celibate paternity the selection and formation of candidates for celibate priesthood why biological fathers are also called to spiritual fatherhood the powerful impact of celibacy on the Church and the wider culture In a critical moment for the Catholic priesthood, Fr. Griffin brings light and hope with a new perspective on the Church’s perennial wisdom on celibacy.

Author : Donald B. Cozzens
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0814631606

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Freeing Celibacy by Donald B. Cozzens Pdf

Cozzens explores priestly celibacy as a source of power and burden of obligation, as spiritual calling and gift of the Spirit. He affirms celibacy as a charism, a gift that is true for some, but only when received as a grace.

Author : Elisa Janine Sobo,Sandra Bell
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 50,6 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 : Elizabeth Abbott
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 53,7 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 : A. W. Richard Sipe
Publisher : Liguori Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Celibacy
ISBN : 0892438746

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Celibacy by A. W. Richard Sipe Pdf

Celibacy explores the different questions about life, love and altruism through an insightful and revealing analysis of the essential elements of sexuality as they relate to celibacy. These include gender, orientation, degree of desire, object of excitation, developmental experiences, behaviors, relationships, patterns of integration, and identity.

Author : Benjamin Kahan
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780822377184

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Celibacies by Benjamin Kahan Pdf

In this innovative study, Benjamin Kahan traces the elusive history of modern celibacy. Arguing that celibacy is a distinct sexuality with its own practices and pleasures, Kahan shows it to be much more than the renunciation of sex or a cover for homosexuality. Celibacies focuses on a diverse group of authors, social activists, and artists, spanning from the suffragettes to Henry James, and from the Harlem Renaissance's Father Divine to Andy Warhol. This array of figures reveals the many varieties of celibacy that have until now escaped scholars of literary modernism and sexuality. Ultimately, this book wrests the discussion of celibacy and sexual restraint away from social and religious conservatism, resituating celibacy within a history of political protest and artistic experimentation. Celibacies offers an entirely new perspective on this little-understood sexual identity and initiates a profound reconsideration of the nature and constitution of sexuality.

Author : Mark A. Yarhouse
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310521426

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Costly Obedience by Mark A. Yarhouse Pdf

Though we often hear about the "gay problem" today, there is an even deeper problem in the church today--one that we often overlook. The call to follow Christ is a call to costly obedience for all, not just for gay Christians. Far too often, the church has elevated homosexuality above other sins and required a costly obedience from gays that it is unwilling to demand of others. And yet, the answer is not to weaken the demands of obedience. Instead, gay Christians who make the difficult choice to align their lives with the biblical view of sexuality are a gift to the church, reminding all of us that spiritual growth and maturity is costly. There is a price to pay in following Christ and devoting our lives to the call of the gospel, and it is one that we all must pay--gay and straight Christians alike. Through the stories and struggles of gay Christians who are reorienting their lives around the costly obedience required to follow Christ, Mark Yarhouse and Olya Zaporozhets call the church to reorient as well, leaving behind the casual morality that is widespread today to pursue the path of radical discipleship. Unlike any other book on homosexuality and the church, this is a call to examine your life and consider what God is asking you to lay down to take up your cross and follow him.

Author : DeVon Franklin,Meagan Good
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-28
Category : FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
ISBN : 9781501123481

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The Wait by DeVon Franklin,Meagan Good Pdf

The authors discuss the circumstances that brought them together and their decision to abstain from sex until marriage.

Author : Almut Höfert,Matthew Mesley,Serena Tolino
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317182375

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Celibate and Childless Men in Power by Almut Höfert,Matthew Mesley,Serena Tolino Pdf

This book explores a striking common feature of pre-modern ruling systems on a global scale: the participation of childless and celibate men as integral parts of the elites. In bringing court eunuchs and bishops together, this collection shows that the integration of men who were normatively or physically excluded from biological fatherhood offered pre-modern dynasties the potential to use different reproduction patterns. The shared focus on ruling eunuchs and bishops also reveals that these men had a specific position at the intersection of four fields: power, social dynamics, sacredness and gender/masculinities. The thirteen chapters present case studies on clerics in Medieval Europe and court eunuchs in the Middle East, Byzantium, India and China. They analyze how these men in their different frameworks acted as politicians, participated in social networks, provided religious authority, and discuss their masculinities. Taken together, this collection sheds light on the political arena before the modern nation-state excluded these unmarried men from the circles of political power.

Author : William E. Phipps
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004-09-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0826416179

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Clerical Celibacy by William E. Phipps Pdf

"The recent sex abuse scandals in the Catholic Church raised new questions about the abilities of a celibate priesthood to deal realistically with matters of sexuality. Critics and journalists who have examined these scandals have called for an end to mandatory celibacy for priests." "In this overview, Phipps points out that "mandatory celibacy is relatively new-fangled, having appeared during the last half of the church's existence. The innovation was imposed in the feudal and crusading era, a dark period for the Church."" "In order to provide this survey, Phipps probes ancient religious texts and church history and uses studies that provide factual assessments of the general individual and cultural consequences of celibacy. He avoids anecdotal evidence about celibacy and offers a balanced exploration by allowing celibate advocates and church representatives to speak in their own voices about these matters."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Johann Adam Mohler
Publisher : LiturgyTrainingPublications
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Education
ISBN : 1595250239

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The Spirit of Celibacy by Johann Adam Mohler Pdf

Author : Carl Olson
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,7 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.