Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality, Volume 2, Feb. 6, 1999

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MANDATORY CELIBACY AND SEXUAL ETHICS
IN THE LATIN RITE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

HARRY A. WALSH, Ed.D.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Part 1:    HISTORICAL OVERVIEW

                        Celibacy Defined
                        The Hebrew Tradition
                        Jesus and Celibacy
                        Paul on Celibacy
                        Church Fathers
                        Celibacy & Political Power
                        Celibacy & Economic Power
                        Celibacy & Monastic Power
                        Celibacy & The Reformation
                        Trent to Vatican Two

Part 2:    CELIBACY AND ABSTINENCE

                        Celibacy/Abstinence Confusion
                        Economic Consequences of Dismantling Celibacy
                        Political Consequences of Dismantling Celibacy
                        Negative Power Institutionalized

Part 3:    FRAMING THE PICTURE

                        The Influence of Boros and Tillich
                        Rome Reacts
                        Incarnational Theology
                        The Pleasure Problem
                        Vatican Two: less negative

Part 4:    NEW ETHICAL THINKING

                        Moving Away from a Physicalist Approach to Sexual Ethics
                        Classicist and Historical Worldviews
                        Peter Abelard & Joan of Arc
                        "Humanae Vitae" and the Faith of Roman Catholics
                        The Church and Eros
                        The Influence of Liberation Theology
                        D.H. Lawrence
                        Conclusion
 

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