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• catalog abstract "In the last half-century, the number of Catholic priests has plummeted by 40% while the number of Catholics has skyrocketed, up 65%. The specter of a faith defined by full pews and empty altars hangs heavy over the church. The root cause of this priest shortage is the church's insistence on mandatory celibacy. Given the potential recruitment advantages of abandoning the celibacy requirement, why, Richard A. Schoenherr asks, is the conservative Catholic coalition--headed by the pope--so adamantly opposed to a married clergy? The answer, he argues, is that accepting married priests would be but the first step toward ordaining women and thus forever altering the demographics of a resolutely male religious order. Yet Schoenherr believes that such change is not only necessary but unavoidable if the church is to thrive. The church's current stop-gap approach of enlisting laypeople to perform all but the central element of the mass only further serves to undermine the power of the celibate priesthood. Perhaps most importantly, doctrinal changes, a growing pluralism in the church, and the feminist movement among nuns and laywomen are exerting a growing influence on Catholicism. Concluding that the collapse of celibate exclusivity is all but inevitable, Goodbye father presents an urgent and compelling portrait of the future of organized Catholicism.".
• catalog contributor b12660001.
• catalog contributor b12660002.
• catalog created "2002.".
• catalog date "2002".
• catalog date "2002.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
• catalog description "Foreword / Dean R. Hoge -- pt. I. Celibacy, Patriarchy, and the Priest Shortage -- 1. Celibate Exclusivity Is the Issue -- 2. Compulsory Celibacy and the Priest Shortage -- pt. II. Social Change in Organized Religion -- 3. Toward a Theory of Social Change in Organized Religion -- 4. Transpersonal Paradigm -- 5. Special Character of Organized Religion -- 6. Forces for Change in Catholic Ministry -- pt. III. Conflict and Paradox -- 7. Unity and Diversity -- 8. Immanence and Transcendence -- 9. Hierarchy and Hierophany -- pt. IV. Coalitions in the Catholic Church -- 10. Bureaucratic Counterinsurgency in Catholic History -- 11. Priestly Coalition -- 12. Prophetic Coalition -- pt. V. Continuity and Change -- 13. Collapse of Celibate Exclusivity -- 14. Goodbye Father.".
• catalog description "In the last half-century, the number of Catholic priests has plummeted by 40% while the number of Catholics has skyrocketed, up 65%. The specter of a faith defined by full pews and empty altars hangs heavy over the church. The root cause of this priest shortage is the church's insistence on mandatory celibacy. Given the potential recruitment advantages of abandoning the celibacy requirement, why, Richard A. Schoenherr asks, is the conservative Catholic coalition--headed by the pope--so adamantly opposed to a married clergy? The answer, he argues, is that accepting married priests would be but the first step toward ordaining women and thus forever altering the demographics of a resolutely male religious order. Yet Schoenherr believes that such change is not only necessary but unavoidable if the church is to thrive. The church's current stop-gap approach of enlisting laypeople to perform all but the central element of the mass only further serves to undermine the power of the celibate priesthood. Perhaps most importantly, doctrinal changes, a growing pluralism in the church, and the feminist movement among nuns and laywomen are exerting a growing influence on Catholicism. Concluding that the collapse of celibate exclusivity is all but inevitable, Goodbye father presents an urgent and compelling portrait of the future of organized Catholicism.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-253) and index.".
• catalog extent "xlii, 275 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0195082591 (alk. paper)".
• catalog issued "2002".
• catalog issued "2002.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
• catalog subject "262/.142 20".
• catalog subject "BX1912 .S34 2002".
• catalog subject "Catholic Church Clergy Supply and demand.".
• catalog subject "Catholic Church Clergy.".
• catalog subject "Catholic Church Government.".
• catalog subject "Celibacy Catholic Church.".
• catalog subject "Christian leadership Catholic Church.".
• catalog subject "Lay ministry Catholic Church.".
• catalog subject "Patriarchy Religious aspects Catholic Church.".
• catalog subject "Power (Christian theology)".
• catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / Dean R. Hoge -- pt. I. Celibacy, Patriarchy, and the Priest Shortage -- 1. Celibate Exclusivity Is the Issue -- 2. Compulsory Celibacy and the Priest Shortage -- pt. II. Social Change in Organized Religion -- 3. Toward a Theory of Social Change in Organized Religion -- 4. Transpersonal Paradigm -- 5. Special Character of Organized Religion -- 6. Forces for Change in Catholic Ministry -- pt. III. Conflict and Paradox -- 7. Unity and Diversity -- 8. Immanence and Transcendence -- 9. Hierarchy and Hierophany -- pt. IV. Coalitions in the Catholic Church -- 10. Bureaucratic Counterinsurgency in Catholic History -- 11. Priestly Coalition -- 12. Prophetic Coalition -- pt. V. Continuity and Change -- 13. Collapse of Celibate Exclusivity -- 14. Goodbye Father.".
• catalog title "Goodbye father : the celibate male priesthood and the future of the Catholic Church / Richard A. Schoenherr ; edited with an introduction by David Yamane.".
• catalog type "text".