From celibate Catholic priest to married Protestant minister : shepherding in greener pastures / / Stephen Joseph Fichter
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| Autore: |
Fichter Stephen J.
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| Titolo: |
From celibate Catholic priest to married Protestant minister : shepherding in greener pastures / / Stephen Joseph Fichter
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, MD : , : Lexington Books, , [2015] |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (215 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 248.2/44 |
| Soggetto topico: | Celibacy |
| Celibacy - Catholic Church | |
| Priesthood - Catholic Church | |
| Protestant converts | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 Socialization |
| Part 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 Author | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | From celibate Catholic priest to married Protestant minister |
| ISBN: | 0-7391-8521-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910823076103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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