The struggle for celibacy : the culture of Catholic seminary life /

Stanosz, Paul.

The struggle for celibacy : the culture of Catholic seminary life / Paul Stanosz. - New York : Herder & Herder Book, c2006. - viii, 270 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-260) and index.

Priests, seminaries, and celibacy -- Celibacy and contemporary Catholicism -- Reproducing celibacy as a cultural process -- Observing celibacy: methodology for a study -- Conceiving celibacy -- Commitment production at St. Mark's Seminary -- Reproducing father -- Remaking seminaries.

0824523814 (alk. paper) 9780824523817 (alk. paper)

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Catholic Church--Clergy--Sexual behavior.
Catholic Church--Education.


Celibacy--Catholic Church.
Clergy--Training of.
Theology--Study and teaching--Catholic Church.

BX1912.85 .S73 2006