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Priests : a calling in crisis / Andrew M. Greeley.
Van Pelt Library BX1912.9 .G34 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Greeley, Andrew M., 1928-2013.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catholic Church--Clergy--Sexual behavior.
- Catholic Church.
- Clergy.
- Catholic Church--Clergy.
- Child sexual abuse--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
- Child sexual abuse.
- Child sexual abuse by clergy.
- Vatican Council--(2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano).
- Vatican Council.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 156 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- Neither liberal nor conservative, famed Catholic thinker Andrew Greeley offers nothing less than a clear-eyed portrait of the battered institution of the priesthood today.
- Contents:
- Inside the "secret world"
- Sexual orientation and celibacy
- The morale question
- Why they leave
- Priests and the catholic revolution
- Clergy, hierarchy, and laity
- Priests under pressure
- Conclusions
- Policy implications.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-152) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0226306445
- OCLC:
- 52594825
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