Sex, Priests, and Power

Anatomy of a Crisis
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-138-00501-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

This book analyzes the function and structure of a system that exerts real power in an area of existence vital to human service, happiness, and productivity: sexuality as it is understood by the celibate/sexual teaching and practice of the Catholic Church.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sipe, A W Richard

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Sexualpsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PREFACE, PART I SYMPTOMS OF THE CRISIS 1. PRIESTS AND CHILDREN 2. CRIME, SIN, AND SICKNESS 3. DISCOURSE: THE SEXUAL TOWER OF BABEL 4. PATTERNS OF CELIBATE/SEXUAL ADJUSTMENT PART II FUNCTION AND FAILURE 5. SYSTEM: FUNCTION/ DYSFUNCTION 6. PRIESTS AND WOMEN 7. PRIESTS AND MEN PART III THE STRUCTURE OF CRISIS 8. THE STRUCTURE BENEATH THE CRISIS 9. PRIESTS WHO SUFFER; PRIESTS WHO SUCCEED 10. THE CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE

Über Autor(innen)

A.W. Richard Sipe, an ordained Roman Catholic Priest, now retired from active ministry, is married and lives in Maryland, where he is a psychotherapist in private practice. Since 1972 he has held an appointment as lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Currently he serves as chair of the Board of Directors of the Interfaith Sexual Trauma Institute, Collegeville, Minnesota. He is the author of A Secret World: Sexuality and the Search for Celibacy.