Rethinking Celibacy, Reclaiming the Church

by Michael H. Crosby

Book Overview

In this courageous work Michael Crosby offers a trenchant analysis of mandatory celibacy in the Roman Catholic Church. He shows how the imposition of celibacy has now revealed a deeper issue: the abuse of power as well as the abuse of women and homosexuals in the Church. Crosby asserts that: --to argue that the present discipline of mandatory celibacy is based on the New Testament is a misuse of scripture; --imposed celibacy continues to be used as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592442765
• ISBN13: 9781592442768
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"