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A secret world : sexuality and the search for celibacy
- Title
- A secret world : sexuality and the search for celibacy / A.W. Richard Sipe ; foreword by Robert Coles, M.D.
- Author
- Sipe, A. W. Richard, 1932-2018
- Publication
- New York : Brunner/Mazel, Publishers, [1990]
- ©1990
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | BX1912.9 .S57 1990 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Coles, Robert
- Description
- xii, 324 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Alternative Title
- Sexuality and the search for celibacy
- Subject
- Catholic Church > Clergy > Sexual behavior
- Catholic Church
- Église catholique > Clergé > Sexualité
- Celibacy > Catholic Church
- Gay clergy
- Sex > Religious aspects
- Clergy
- Religion and Sex
- Clergy
- Sexual Behavior
- clergy
- Sex > Religious aspects
- Gay clergy
- Celibacy > Catholic Church
- Clergy > Sexual behavior
- Zölibat
- Priester
- Sexualverhalten
- Celibaat
- Seksualiteit
- Priesters
- Célibat ecclésiastique
- Katholische Kirche
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-310) and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / by Robert Coles, M.D. -- Part I. The background and the context. Why this subject? Apologia pro studiis suis -- Celibacy and the sexual revolution -- The origins of celibacy -- The meanings of celibacy -- Part II. The practice versus the profession. Patterns of heterosexuality -- The homosexualities -- The masturbations -- Priests and children -- Sexual compromises -- The sex drive -- When priests become fathers -- Part III. The process and the attainment. Living with celibacy -- the achievement of celibacy -- The future of celibacy : reality and ritual.
- ISBN
- 0876305850
- 9780876305850
- LCCN
- 90032435
- OCLC
- ocm21153075
- 21153075
- SCSB-1900248
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library