{"product_id":"freeing-celibacy-donald-b-cozzens-9780814631607","title":"Freeing Celibacy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2007 Catholic Press Association Award Winner! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMandatory celibacy for Latin rite Catholic priests has been the norm for almost 900 years. Now the clergy sexual abuse scandal and the rapidly declining number of priests have pushed many of the faithful to the point of questioning this tradition of the church. To this sometimes tense discussion of sex and power Donald Cozzens brings his signature calmness, his own gifted experience of celibate life, and his talent for distilling the spiritual truth of the human condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCozzens explores priestly celibacy as source of power and burden of obligation, as spiritual calling and gift of the Spirit. Putting mandatory celibacy in historic perspective, he examines the ancient and contemporary experience of married clergy in the Eastern churches and the Roman rite church. It is time, he concludes, to set celibacy free from canonical mandate to become what it is meant to be: a graced way of life for some but not all of the church's ordained ministers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald B. Cozzens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814631606\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814631607\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liturgical Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.64h x 5.76w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2006 pg. 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/20\/2007 pg. 29","brand":"Donald B. Cozzens","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47072024461567,"sku":"9780814631607","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e844df8c-6822-412c-a7c9-5055e2ee26a3.jpg?v=1753415588","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/freeing-celibacy-donald-b-cozzens-9780814631607","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}