The Serpent and the Dove: Celibacy in Literature and Life

by A.W. Richard Sipe

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Richard Sipe, himself a former monk and priest, has made a lifelong venture of determining the reality and meaning of religious celibacy. Even an adequate operational definition of religious celibacy, he says, has been avoided by Catholic hierarchy and scholars to preserve the celibate myth. Having spent 25 years conducting a study of celibacy and sexual behavior in Roman Catholic priests, Sipe concluded that at any one time no more than 50 percent...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0313347255

ISBN13:9780313347252

Release Date:October 2007

Publisher:Praeger

Length:288 Pages

Weight:1.65 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.5" x 9.6"

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