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Cassocks and Men: The Masculinity of Catholic Priests

Cassocks and Men: The Masculinity of Catholic Priests

Hardcover

General Sociology

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ISBN10: 3032411483
ISBN13: 9783032411488
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Pages: 314
Language: English

This book offers a groundbreaking sociological analysis of the Catholic priesthood at a time of profound institutional crisis. Controversies over clerical celibacy, the Church's handling of sexual and gender-based violence, the exclusion of women from ordination, and Catholic mobilizations against the recognition of same-sex relationships and parenthood have all contributed to destabilizing the figure of the priest in largely secularized Western societies. Against the backdrop of declining ecclesiastical authority and the rise of sexual democracy, Josselin Tricou traces the socio-historical formation of clerical masculinity and examines the strategies through which the Catholic Church seeks to preserve its legitimacy while maintaining a normative order centered on heterosexual marriage. Featuring a preface by Éric Fassin and an afterword by Danièle Hervieu-Léger, this book is an essential read for scholars and graduate students in the sociology of religion, masculinity studies, Catholic studies, and gender and sexuality studies.

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