Stephen Joseph Fichter

From Celibate Catholic Priest to Married Protestant Minister

Shepherding in Greener Pastures

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is the scholarly study of former Catholic priests who had to make a major life decision as they struggled with their commitment to celibacy and their desire to marry. In order to unite those two incompatible identities, they had to shed their Catholic affiliation. This is the first study of its kind.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 505g
• ISBN-13: 9780739185209
• ISBN-10: 0739185209
• Artikelnr.: 42812582

Autorenporträt

Stephen Joseph Fichter is the pastor at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Haworth, New Jersey, and research associate at the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Becoming Shepherds Chapter 1. "The best eight years of my life"
Chapter 2. Religiously Motivated Celibacy Chapter 3. "God gives us a lot of
choices in life" Chapter 4. Societal and Personal Milestones Chapter 5. "My
unhappiness followed me" Chapter 6. Paul VI and Max Weber Part II. Crossing
into New Fields Chapter 7. "I have always felt a call to ministry" Chapter
8. Just Changing Lanes? Chapter 9. "I needed to fulfill myself more"
Chapter 10. Four Forerunners in the Field Chapter 11. "I wanted to be with
Dennis" Chapter 12. Pastoral Provision and Secondary Socialization Part
III. Pastoring with Partners Chapter 13. "I looked at him looking at me"
Chapter 14. Motivated by Head or Heart? Chapter 15. "I'd do it all the same
again" Chapter 16. Vatican II Cohort and Period Effects Chapter 17. "His
dad was nicer before mine was" Chapter 18. Long Term Effect of Parental
Support Conclusion: Valuable Lessons Learned