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Spiritual Dryness and Celibacy in Catholic Priests - Discernment of Ongoing Spiritual Journeys from Relational and Psychosexual Immaturities

Document type:
Article
Author(s):
Baumann, Klaus; Frick, Eckhard; Jacobs, Christoph; Buessing, Arndt
Abstract:
The celibacy of Roman Catholic priests, in contrast to a single lifestyle, implies an existential choice for spiritual reasons as a conscious motivation. Nevertheless, several of them struggle with celibacy life style and some experience phases of spiritual dryness. So far it is unclear which role priestly celibacy may play in this context. We therefore intended to investigate whether and how celibacy on the one hand and supportive relations to other persons and feelings of loneliness on the oth...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Pastor. Psychol.
Year:
2019
Journal volume:
68
Journal issue:
6
Pages contribution:
605-617
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1007/s11089-019-00886-1
Print-ISSN:
0031-2789
TUM Institution:
Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie
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