Marco Marzano

Sexuality and the Catholic Priesthood

The 'Chaste' Caste

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a sociological study of the the sexual and emotional lives of Catholic clergy, the role played by chastity in the Church and the way the institution trains its staff to be, at least outwardly, celibate, as well as the effects of this.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032547077
• ISBN-10: 1032547073
• Artikelnr.: 72701595

Autorenporträt

Marco Marzano is Full Professor of Sociology at the University of Bergamo, Italy.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
1 THE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ROOTS OF A RESEARCH PROJECT: THE MYSTERY OF CLERICAL
SEXUALITY
2 IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH: THE STORY OF A CHALLENGING ENQUIRY
3 CATHOLIC PRIESTHOD AND PASTORAL POWER: AN UNBREAKABLE UNION
4 CHASTITY AND SACRALITY IN CATHOLICISM: THE CELIBACY OF THE CATHOLIC
CLERGY
5 MANUFACTURING "GOD'S MEN": THE TASK OF THE CATHOLIC SEMINARS
6 SEMINARS AS TOTAL INSTITUTIONS
7 PERSONAL IDENTITY AND CLERCIAL VOCATION: WHO GOES INTO A SEMINARY TODAY?
8 OBSESSION AND GUILT: SEMINARIANS' TROUBLED SEX LIVES
9 HOMOPHOBIA AND HOMOPHILIA IN THE SEMINARIES: TWO FACES OF A SINGLE COIN
10 HOMOSEXUALITY IN THE SEMINARIES - PAIN, DENIAL AND CYNICISM
11 RARE BIRDS IN THE SEMINARIES: THE CHALLENGING LIVES OF HETEROSEXUAL
STUDENTS
12 THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM: SECRETS, DENIAL AND LIES IN THE TRAINING OF
THE CATHOLIC CLERGY
13 A FREE FOR ALL. THE SEX LIVES OF HETEROSEXUAL PRIESTS
14 EMOTIONAL NEEDS AND UNBRIDLED SEX: THE HOMOSEXUAL CLERGY
15 CLERICAL LIES AND PUBLIC WELFARE
Bibliography
TRANSLATED FROM ITALIAN BY ISABELLE JOHNSON.