{"product_id":"sacred-callings-brian-conway-9789523691278","title":"Sacred Callings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSacred Callings\u003c\/em\u003e is an innovative sociological study of cross-national trends in the global Catholic priesthood. Based on a comparative-historical analysis of priesthood trends in Argentina, Malta, Nigeria, and the Philippines during 1950-2010, the monograph investigates how significant developments within the Catholic Church have shaped the evolution of vocations over time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book introduces and tests a new critical events theory, proposing a four-part framework-ecumenical councils, prophetic stances, sexual scandals, and papal visits-to help explain variation in priesthood trends. It demonstrates how these events operate as cues for religious callings, as well as how they interact with another. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmid a global demographic shift in the Catholic priesthood -marked by declining vocations in Western regions and growing numbers in countries such as Nigeria-\u003cem\u003eSacred Callings\u003c\/em\u003e provides a timely analysis of an important dynamic in the contemporary Church. In doing so, it offers fresh theoretical and empirical insights into the role of short-term events in shaping religious change in modern societies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian Conway\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9523691279\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789523691278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Helsinki University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72d","brand":"Brian Conway","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48241935155455,"sku":"9789523691278","price":46.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_11f5ed1a-870e-44db-ab63-176becc0b547.jpg?v=1772656655","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sacred-callings-brian-conway-9789523691278","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}