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Book Missing Priests

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alice Hunt
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 2006-10-01
  • ISBN : 0567028526
  • Pages : 233 pages

Download or read book Missing Priests written by Alice Hunt and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2006-10-01 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a study of one priesthood of Ancient Israel, the Zadokites, and its role in the social, historical, cultural, and religious lives of the ancient Isrealites. It also provides a foundation for studies of priesthood(s) in ancient Israel.

Book The Truth at the Heart of the Lie

Download or read book The Truth at the Heart of the Lie written by James Carroll and published by Random House. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Courageous and inspiring.”—Karen Armstrong, author of The Case for God “James Carroll takes us to the heart of one of the great crises of our times.”—Stephen Greenblatt, author of The Swerve An eloquent memoir by a former priest and National Book Award–winning writer who traces the roots of the Catholic sexual abuse scandal back to the power structure of the Church itself, as he explores his own crisis of faith and journey to renewal NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY James Carroll weaves together the story of his quest to understand his personal beliefs and his relationship to the Catholic Church with the history of the Church itself. From his first awakening of faith as a boy to his gradual disillusionment as a Catholic, Carroll offers a razor-sharp examination both of himself and of how the Church became an institution that places power and dominance over people through an all-male clergy. Carroll argues that a male-supremacist clericalism is both the root cause and the ongoing enabler of the sexual abuse crisis. The power structure of clericalism poses an existential threat to the Church and compromises the ability of even a progressive pope like Pope Francis to advance change in an institution accountable only to itself. Carroll traces this dilemma back to the Roman Empire and the Middle Ages, when Scripture, Jesus Christ, and His teachings were reinterpreted as the Church became an empire. In a deeply personal re-examination of self, Carroll grapples with his own feelings of being chosen, his experiences as a priest, and the moments of doubt that made him leave the priesthood and embark on a long personal journey toward renewal—including his tenure as an op-ed columnist at The Boston Globe writing about sexual abuse in the Church. Ultimately, Carroll calls on the Church and all reform-minded Catholics to revive the culture from within by embracing anti-clerical, anti-misogynist resistance and staying grounded in the spirit of love that is the essential truth at the heart of Christian belief and Christian life.

Book Priests in Exile

    Book Details:
  • Author : Meron M. Piotrkowski
  • Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
  • Release : 2019-06-04
  • ISBN : 3110593351
  • Pages : 543 pages

Download or read book Priests in Exile written by Meron M. Piotrkowski and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Priests in Exile is the first comprehensive scholarly opus in English to reconstruct the history of the mysterious Temple of Onias, a Jewish temple built by a Jerusalemite high priest in his Egyptian exile that functioned in parallel with the Temple of Jerusalem. Piotrkowski’s book addresses a topic that is mysterious, important and anomalous: a Jewish community of mercenary priests in the (Egyptian) Diaspora in which the priestly sacrificial ritual was carried out daily over a period of more than two hundred years until the first century CE, outlasting the Jerusalem Temple by about three years. Although the book focuses on the very circumscribed topic of the parallel Temple it casts a wide net, placing the story in the context of Jewish Diaspora life in ancient times. Ancient topics and texts are brought to bear, including papyri, epigraphy, archaeology, as well as the modern literature. Piotrkowski throws new light on a fascinating episode of ancient Jewish history that is usually left in the dark.

Book Irish Priests in the Penal Times  1660 1760

Download or read book Irish Priests in the Penal Times 1660 1760 written by William P. Burke and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Irish Priests in the Penal Times  1660 1760  From the State Papers in H M  Record Offices  Dublin   London  the Bodleian Library    the British Museum  by Rev  William P  Burke

Download or read book The Irish Priests in the Penal Times 1660 1760 From the State Papers in H M Record Offices Dublin London the Bodleian Library the British Museum by Rev William P Burke written by William P. Burke and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Priests  Witches and Power

Download or read book Priests Witches and Power written by Maia Green and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-03-06 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the aftermath of colonial mission, Christianity has come to have widespread acceptance in Southern Tanzania. In this book, Maia Green explores contemporary Catholic practice in a rural community of Southern Tanzania. Setting the adoption of Christianity and the suppression of witchcraft in a historical context, she suggests that power relations established during the colonial period continue to hold between both popular Christianity and orthodoxy, and local populations and indigenous clergy. Paradoxically, while local practices around the constitution of kinship and personhood remain defiantly free of Christian elements, they inform a popular Christianity experienced as a system of substances and practices. This book offers a challenge to idealist and interpretative accounts of African participation in twentieth-century religious forms, and argues for a politically grounded analysis of historical processes. It will appeal widely to scholars and students of anthropology, sociology and African Studies; particularly those interested in religion and kinship.

Book The Geographical Journal

Download or read book The Geographical Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Report of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Download or read book Report of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police written by Royal Canadian Mounted Police and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Sessional Papers of the Dominion of Canada

Download or read book Sessional Papers of the Dominion of Canada written by Canada. Parliament and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as vol. 26, no. 7, supplement.

Book Married Priests

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  • Author : Cattaneo Arturo
  • Publisher : Ignatius Press
  • Release : 2012-09-20
  • ISBN : 1681493276
  • Pages : 200 pages

Download or read book Married Priests written by Cattaneo Arturo and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited by Dom Arturo Cattaneo Why do Catholic priests not marry? How can celibacy possibly be so important to the Church, if Jesus did not even require it of his apostles? Cannot such an obligation cause sexual deviance, emotional troubles and even cases of pedophilia? These are three among the numerous possible questions that many people ask themselves, often without finding convincing answers. In recent years the arguments in favor of openness to married priests seem to be multiplying. Some object that celibacy is not a dogma but only a discipline that originated in the Middle Ages; that it is contrary to nature and hence harmful for a man's psycho-physical equilibrium and the maturation of the human personality. And then, if priests could marry, there would be an increase in vocations. In this book, seventeen various experts make contributions, responding to these and other burning objections, allowing the reader to discover the value that celibacy has today in the lives of thousands of priests and seminarians. Among the key topics this book discusses are: History of Priestly Celibacy, What Theology Says on the Celibacy, Emotions and Sexuality, Discerning and Fostering a Vocation, Celibacy in the Life of a Priest, Celibacy and Inculturation, Papal teachings on Celibacy from Pius XI to Benedict XVI. "I hope that this book will find the widest possible readership, thus contributing to an ever greater appreciation of priestly celibacy as a precious gift of the Spirit of Christ to his Church and received by young men who-like Saint Paul and so many saints-allow themselves to be "won over by Christ". From the Preface, Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, Prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy

Book Free Priests

    Book Details:
  • Author : William F. Powers
  • Publisher : Loyola Press
  • Release : 1992
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 376 pages

Download or read book Free Priests written by William F. Powers and published by Loyola Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Pedophiles and Priests

Download or read book Pedophiles and Priests written by Philip Jenkins and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001-08-30 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If we can believe the six o'clock news, there has been an epidemic of sexual abuse among the clergy, and especially among the Roman Catholic clergy. This study looks at the entire history of this mushrooming scandal, from the first rumblings to the explosion of headlines. -- Provided by publisher.

Book Screen Priests

    Book Details:
  • Author : Peter Malone
  • Publisher : ATF Press
  • Release : 2019-08-19
  • ISBN : 1925872920
  • Pages : 718 pages

Download or read book Screen Priests written by Peter Malone and published by ATF Press. This book was released on 2019-08-19 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is never a shortage of priest characters on our screens. Even Spencer Tracy, Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald won Oscars for playing priests. Robert de Niro has been ordained four times (including a bishop). Many stars have been eager to play priests, as have numerous supporting actors. The question arises: how have been priests portrayed over the decades? There have been kindly priests with their advice, stern priests who laid down the law, heroic priests on mission, in more recent years, priests who have been abusers. And there have been priests who were part of the scenery, especially at funerals. This is something of a comprehensive look at priests on screen, looking at portrayals from the late 19th century, over the decades, for 120 years. The films considered are mainly English-language but quite there are a number from other cultures. The book offers some Church background and developments, the range of films, a highlighting of a key film representing each decade. It also has separate chapters on Irish priests, Australian priests, exorcism priests and a chapter on films and abuse. There also Appendices on historical films, saint priests and popes. While one could read the book from cover to cover, it is mainly a book for reference. There are some detailed appreciations. There are some shorter considerations. Not everyone can see every film, not for want of trying! There are Indexes for exploring: film titles, directors, and actors who have played priests. Screen Priests is a fascinating historical look at films about Roman Catholic priests from the first until Martin Scorseses 2016 religious and cinematic masterpiece Silence. With the scope spanning decades and the breadth embracing films mostly from the United States, Britain, Ireland, Canada and Australia, the researcher will find a treasure trove and the film aficionado will relish Peter Malones encyclopedia knowledge and sometimes trivia of the world of priests on the silver screen.

Book Law  Power  and Justice in Ancient Israel

Download or read book Law Power and Justice in Ancient Israel written by Douglas A. Knight and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using socio-anthropological theory and archaeological evidence, Knight argues that while the laws in the Hebrew Bible tend to reflect the interests of those in power, the majority of ancient Israelites--located in villages--developed their own unwritten customary laws to regulate behavior and resolve legal conflicts in their own communities. This book includes numerous examples from village, city, and cult. --from publisher description

Book Missing in Action  The 50 Year Search for Ireland s Lost Soldier

Download or read book Missing in Action The 50 Year Search for Ireland s Lost Soldier written by Ralph Riegel and published by Mercier Press Ltd. This book was released on 2010-08-23 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The interior of the old Ford armoured car stank of sweat, blood and acrid smoke. Pat's eyes desperately struggled to focus in the gloom of the biting cordite fog ...On 15 September 1961, Trooper Patrick Mullins was posted missing after the bloody ambush of an Irish UN convoy in a suburb of Elisabethville in the Katanga province of the Congo. The circumstances of that fateful day have remained shrouded in confusion and contradiction for five decades – until now. Missing in Action reveals for the first time how an ill-equipped and heavily out-gunned Irish soldier fought with astonishing courage against heavily armed and ruthless Katangan gendarmes. Through interviews with the survivors and access to military intelligence sources, the truth about Trooper Mullins' heroic last stand and ultimate fate can now be told.

Book Acadia  Missing Links of a Lost Chapter in American History

Download or read book Acadia Missing Links of a Lost Chapter in American History written by Edouard Richard and published by New York : Home Book ; Montreal : J. Lovell. This book was released on 1895 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates to the deportation of the Acadians; the author considers the work of earlier historians and is especially critical of T. B. Akins the compiler of Nova Scotia archives I, and Francis Parkman.

Book From Judaism to Christianity  Tradition and Transition

Download or read book From Judaism to Christianity Tradition and Transition written by Patricia Walters and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-09-24 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The striving of Hellenistic Judaism to lay claim to its own epoch and the struggle of early Christianity to ground its pluriform beliefs in that same world represent the governing themes of this volume, dedicated to Thomas H. Tobin, S.J.