In Defense of Married Priesthood - Ballano, Vivencio O
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Examining the negative impact of celibacy on the Roman Catholic priesthood, this book offers a sociological analysis of the factors that lie behind mandatory clerical celibacy and argues for the acceptance of married priesthood as a legitimate means of living the priestly vocation in response to the challenges of our age.

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Examining the negative impact of celibacy on the Roman Catholic priesthood, this book offers a sociological analysis of the factors that lie behind mandatory clerical celibacy and argues for the acceptance of married priesthood as a legitimate means of living the priestly vocation in response to the challenges of our age.
Autorenporträt
Vivencio O. Ballano is Associate Professor V of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, College of the Social Sciences and Development (CSSD), Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), Manila, Philippines. He received his doctorate in Sociology from the Ateneo de Manila University and master's degree in Theology from the Loyola School of Theology (LST), Ateneo de Manila University. He has published three peer-reviewed and Scopus-indexed books, under Springer Nature Singapore. His fourth book, A Sociotheological Approach to Catholic Social Teaching: The Role of Religion in Moral Responsibility During Covid-19, was published by Springer Nature in November 2022. Dr. Ballano has also written several Scopus and Web of Science-indexed journal articles on the sociology of law, religion, media piracy, post-disaster management, digital education, and Catholic social teaching. In 2021, he received a gold medal award for excellence in international research publication (Lathala Award 2021) from his university. .