03002nam 2200577 450 991079755940332120170919050455.00-7391-8521-7(CKB)3710000000470897(EBL)4085717(SSID)ssj0001544348(PQKBManifestationID)16136166(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001544348(PQKBWorkID)12865575(PQKB)11648479(MiAaPQ)EBC4085717(EXLCZ)99371000000047089720150414h20152015 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFrom celibate Catholic priest to married Protestant minister shepherding in greener pastures /Stephen Joseph FichterLanham, MD :Lexington Books,[2015]©20151 online resource (215 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-8522-5 0-7391-8520-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. BECOMING SHEPHERDS; Ch01. "The best eight years of my life"; Ch02. Religiously Motivated Celibacy; Ch03. "God gives us a lot of choices in life"; Ch04. Societal and Personal Milestones; Ch05. "My unhappiness followed me"; Ch06. Paul VI and Max Weber; Part II. CROSSING INTO NEW FIELDS; Ch07. "I have always felt a call to ministry"; Ch08. Just Changing Lanes?; Ch09. "I needed to fulfill myself more"; Ch10. Four Forerunners in the Field; Ch11. "I wanted to be with Dennis"; Ch12. Pastoral Provision and Secondary SocializationPart III. PASTORING WITH PARTNERSCh13. "I looked at him looking at me"; Ch14. Motivated by Head or Heart?; Ch15. "I'd do it all the same again"; Ch16. Vatican II Cohort and Period Effects; Ch17. "His dad was nicer before mine was"; Ch18. Long-term Effect of Parental Support; Conclusion: Valuable Lessons Learned; Afterword; Appendix: Concerning Methodology; Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorThis 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.CelibacyCelibacyCatholic ChurchPriesthoodCatholic ChurchProtestant convertsCelibacy.CelibacyCatholic Church.PriesthoodCatholic Church.Protestant converts.248.2/44Fichter Stephen J.1526905MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797559403321From celibate Catholic priest to married Protestant minister3769301UNINA