Passion and Commitment: Consecrated Celibacy and the Dynamics of Psychosexual Development

Passion and Commitment: Consecrated Celibacy and the Dynamics of Psychosexual Development PDF Author:
Publisher: Paulines Publications Africa
ISBN: 9966082549
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 63

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Passion and Commitment: Consecrated Celibacy and the Dynamics of Psychosexual Development

Passion and Commitment: Consecrated Celibacy and the Dynamics of Psychosexual Development PDF Author:
Publisher: Paulines Publications Africa
ISBN: 9966082549
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 63

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Consecrated Celibacy

Consecrated Celibacy PDF Author: Christine Barnabas
Publisher: Sacristy Press
ISBN: 1789592364
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 113

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A unique and engaging resource for all who feel drawn to explore a calling to consecrated celibacy and know that life in a traditional religious order is not for them.

Selling All

Selling All PDF Author: Sandra Marie Schneiders
Publisher: Paulist Press
ISBN: 9780809139736
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 504

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An examination of the internal reality of contemporary religious life, particularly that of ministerial women religious in the first world setting, through the focusing lenses of commitment, consecrated celibacy, and community.

A Theological Anthropology of Self-Realization

A Theological Anthropology of Self-Realization PDF Author: Jennifer Slater O.P
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1477219587
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 332

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The book addresses the intriguing problem of human self-realization precisely because of the diverse uses of the term, which ranges from abstract philosophical-theological theories to practical psychological-spiritual applications. Jennifer Slater draws the concept from Karl Rahner, the twentieth German theologian, who uses the term self-realization in his theology on freedom and symbolism, relating it to the basic free choice, which the human person makes to be for or against God/Divine. Jennifer Slater explores this fundamental free choice, which is at the same time a basic choice about oneself. She writes from the understanding that the human person is radically free to become the choices she or he makes and freedom is the capacity for definitive self-realization. In the book, she shows that in the exercising of freedom, humans, precisely as historical beings, are also transcendent beings. Jennifer grapples with the perception that since human self-realization involves the power to make decisions, which in reality actualizes a persons own reality, how then does this self-realization come about and where does the Divine fit into the process? If self-realization is related to the human self and to the Divine Self, she then questions what constitutes the self and self-realization? This struggle practically employs the woman in general and in particular the woman consecrated to a vowed life. The pervasive question throughout is: What constitutes the self-realization of a human/woman being?

Study Guides

Study Guides PDF Author: Margaret Brennan (IHM)
Publisher: Paulist Press
ISBN: 1587684276
Category : Monastic and religious life of women
Languages : en
Pages : 162

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Religious Life in a New Millennium Volume One

Religious Life in a New Millennium Volume One PDF Author: Sandra M. Schneiders, I.H.M.
Publisher: Paulist Press
ISBN: 1616438355
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 501

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Sex, Celibacy, and Priesthood

Sex, Celibacy, and Priesthood PDF Author: Lou A. Bordisso
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1462038417
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 109

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The traditional Catholic Church views true celibacy as a gift from God. But today's reality paints a much different picture. In Sex, Celibacy, and Priesthood, Lou A. Bordisso reviews the research on sexual activity and celibacy among Catholic priests. Featuring heart-wrenching, anonymous, and candid self-disclosures about the sexual behaviors of heterosexual, gay, and bisexual priests, Bordisso explores the meaning of celibacy in accordance with Roman Catholic Church teachings, doctrine, and canon law. Sex, Celibacy, and Priesthood provides an honest and frank study of current perspectives on celibacy in light of priestly sexual behaviors. It allows for Roman Catholic priests to speak out in their own voices about their struggles and the conflicts they experience between celibacy and their sexual activities. At a time when most are disgusted with the sexual scandal coverups, smokescreens, and veil of secrecy provided by many Roman Catholic bishops and their apologists, Sex, Celibacy, and Priesthood tells the truth and encourages us to think imaginatively and compassionately about an issue of crucial importance to the Roman Catholic Church at this moment in history.

How We Love

How We Love PDF Author: John Mark Falkenhain
Publisher: Liturgical Press
ISBN: 0814687970
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 248

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2020 Association of Catholic Publishers second place award in general interest In this volume, Br. John Mark Falkenhain, OSB, a Benedictine monk and clinical psychologist, provides a well-researched and thorough program for celibacy formation for men and women, adaptable to both religious and seminary settings. Attending to the theological and the psycho-sexual dimensions of what it means to pursue a life of chaste celibacy, Br. John Mark identifies and expands on four major content areas, including motives for chaste celibacy, theological aspects of celibate chastity, sexual identity, and skills for celibate living. Formation goals and benchmarks for discernment are discussed for each content area, and implications and suggestions for ongoing formation are offered.

Living The Mystery of Marriage

Living The Mystery of Marriage PDF Author: Perry J. Cahall
Publisher: LiturgyTrainingPublications
ISBN: 159525045X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 178

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This unique book will assist those called to marriage to live out the wonderful, beautiful, and challenging mystery of married love by presenting a theology, spirituality, and morality of marriage in a widely accessible level. Dr. Perry Cahall encourages both engaged and married couples to understand the real nature and purpose of marriage as God has created it. He includes insightful "Self-Discovery" discussion questions to help couples process presented information. "Questions That Might Be on Your Mind" will also engage the reader through the "real world" issues couples confront today.

Religious Life

Religious Life PDF Author: Loan Le
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443896802
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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Following the Second Vatican Council, when each Religious Institute was encouraged to research its charism, some Institutes experienced a tension between their charism and their mission, or even difficulty identifying what their charism was. This book is a study of the theological understanding of charism and of mission in relation to Religious Life within the Catholic Church. While this topic has featured in much Roman Catholic theological literature since Vatican II, there appears to be a dearth of in-depth studies. This book addresses this apparent lacuna. It draws particularly on the work of two major theologians, Jean-Marie Roger Tillard OP and Sandra Marie Schneiders IHM, who have reflected at length on charism and mission in the period leading up to Vatican II and on the implementation of its documents with respect to Religious Life. The very significant contributions of Tillard and Schneiders on the topic provide Religious, as well as others who want to know and understand Religious Life, with an interesting and motivating insight into charism and mission in Religious Life. Within the Roman Catholic Church, a “Year of Consecrated Life” has just drawn to a close, and this book forms a background and a response to Pope Francis’ Apostolic Letter to “all Consecrated People on the occasion of the Year of Consecrated Life” (November 2014), which invited Religious to reflect on these aspects that are essential to the life they have chosen to live.