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Celibacy and Religious Traditions
Language: en
Pages: 336
Authors: Carl Olson
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: OUP USA

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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,
A History of Celibacy
Language: en
Pages: 504
Authors: Elizabeth Abbott
Categories: Celibacy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

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What causes people to give up sex? Abbott's provocative and entertaining exploration of celibacy through the ages debunks traditional notions about celibacy--a
Demythologizing Celibacy
Language: en
Pages: 140
Authors: William Skudlarek
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-06-15 - Publisher: Liturgical Press

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When St. Benedict compiled his Rule for Monasteries in the early decades of the sixth century, the Buddhist monastic code had already been in existence for abou
Sex, Priests, and Power
Language: en
Pages: 250
Authors: A. W. Richard Sipe
Categories: Celibacy
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995 - Publisher: Psychology Press

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Richard Sipe examines the continuing sexual crisis facing the Catholic Church today. Has the storm of publicity and controversy caused the church to acknowledge
Clerical Celibacy in the West: c.1100-1700
Language: en
Pages: 295
Authors: Helen Parish
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-05-23 - Publisher: Routledge

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The debate over clerical celibacy and marriage had its origins in the early Christian centuries, and is still very much alive in the modern church. The content