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Keeping the vow : the untold story of married Catholic priests / D. Paul Sullins.
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America) Available online
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America)- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sullins, Donald Paul, 1953- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catholic Church--Clergy--Family relationships.
- Catholic Church.
- Marriage--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
- Marriage.
- Celibacy--Catholic Church.
- Celibacy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (337 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Although many are unaware, the rule of celibacy for Catholic priests is not absolute. Since 1980 over a hundred married men have become Catholic priests via an exception for former Anglican priests known as the Pastoral Provision. Written by a sociologist and married priest himself, this book tells the untold story of these men and their wives based on 115 interviews, survey data, and historical research, bringing the subjects to life through personal anecdotes, quotes, and narrative.
- Contents:
- What is a married priest like?
- How did they come to be married priests?
- Why are married priests becoming Catholic now?
- Why did the married priests convert?
- What are married priests wives like?
- Why aren't there more married priests?
- Are married priests worse or better?
- Why clergy celibacy?
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-026340-7
- 0-19-026341-5
- 0-19-986005-X
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