Solution postponed.(Books)(The Struggle for Celibacy: The Culture of Catholic Seminary Life)(Tested in Every Way: The Catholic Priesthood in Today's Church)(Freeing Celibacy)(Book review)

From: Commonweal | Date: April 20, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Freeing Celibacy

Donald Cozzens

Liturgical Press, $15.95, 128 pp.

The Struggle for Celibacy

The Culture of Catholic Seminary Life

Paul Stanosz

Crossroad, $29.95, 280 pp.

Tested in Every Way

The Catholic Priesthood in Today's Church

Christopher Ruddy

Crossroad, $16.95, 192 pp.

More than thirty-four years ago, in The Shape of the Church to Come, Karl Rahner issued a prescient warning concerning the future of the priesthood. "Plans for the future must be made at the opportune time," Rahner wrote. "If for instance we know that in ten ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

Priest wants celibacy option
; ...his voice to those advocating an end to mandatory celibacy. "Celibacy used to go with priesthood as fish went with Fridays...and more Catholics are questioning the need to link celibacy with priesthood." In Freeing Celibacy, Cozzens suggests there may be a way through the problem by ...
A HISTORY OF OUR EXPERIMENTS WITH CELIBACY
; Celibacy is a long dry season that comes by choice, chance, or...even Abbott herself. "Throughout the world and the ages, celibacy has been a key element of human existence," Abbott writes...more than six years of research, Abbott found that if celibacy is the flip side of lust, it is no less complex. She ...
Flood of abuse accusations reopens debate on celibacy and the priesthood.
; ...asked about the contentious issue of celibacy and the priesthood. Specifically what...centuries-old requirement of priestly celibacy should be dropped. That last question...does not understand, let alone prize, celibacy as an expression of love for the Lord...
Celibacy has served variety of needs through time
; Celibacy has served variety of needs through time By ELLEN CLEGG Boston Globe Tuesday, May 16, 2000 A History of Celibacy. By Elizabeth Abbott. Scribner. 493 pages. $30. Celibacy is a long dry season that comes by choice, chance or coercion. Laced with spirituality or...
Celibacy an important tradition in many cultures
; ...abiding interest in the opposite of sex - celibacy. The practice is in the spotlight these...Church should allow married priests. But celibacy actually has been followed in many cultures...was celebrated in a 1999 book, "Sensual Celibacy," which advises women exiting failed...
Priestly celibacy is nearing its end.(Editorial)
; ...problem is caused by the priestly vow of celibacy. They reason that priests who are sexually...indulged in by responsible people. If celibacy were the cause of pedophilia, as is sometimes...priests who are caring and decent people. Celibacy is an easy target for critics because...
Sex cases put celibacy back in spotlight
; ...rekindled questions about the definition of celibacy, a centuries-old requirement for ordination...and Fall River. Some critics argue that celibacy is a needless stumbling block to recruiting...should allow open discussion of optional celibacy. Boston Archdiocese spokesman John Walsh...
Archbishop wants priests to marry; Yet Pope insists on celibacy rule as cardinals summoned to Vatican to discuss paedophile scandal sweeping America
; ...has called for the 900-year-old vow of celibacy for Catholic priests to be scrapped...scandalous behaviour. He added: "The value of celibacy as a complete gift of self to the Lord...Edinburgh, said: "I have no problems with celibacy withering away. There is no great theological...
THE FREE FLOW OF FRESH AIR AS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OPENS WINDOWS, A THEOLOGIAN SAYS CELIBACY AND WOMEN'S ORDINATION SHOULD BE CENTRAL TO THE DEBATE FOR DEBATE: OPENING THE CLERGY
; ...because "a link between pedophilia and celibacy cannot be scientifically maintained" they would remove priestly celibacy from the discussion. Those who hope...of priestly ministry know that when celibacy is taken off the table, the same surely...
Interview: Author Elizabeth Abbott discusses her new book about celibacy and what it means to be celibate
; ...Abbott discusses her new book about celibacy and what it means to be celibate...usually considered a problem, and celibacy--well, that's for priests and nuns. But historian Elizabeth Abbott says celibacy can and has been just as powerful...