It takes the average reader 3 hours and 51 minutes to read Rethinking Celibacy, Reclaiming the Church by Michael H. Crosby
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In this courageous work Michael Crosby offers a trenchant analysis of mandatory celibacy in the Roman Catholic Church. He shows how the imposition of celibacy has now revealed a deeper issue: the abuse of power as well as the abuse of women and homosexuals in the Church. Crosby asserts that: --to argue that the present discipline of mandatory celibacy is based on the New Testament is a misuse of scripture; --imposed celibacy continues to be used as a means of maintaining clerical control through fear and intimidation; --a religious system demanding celibacy exposes a deeper control: the abuse...
Rethinking Celibacy, Reclaiming the Church by Michael H. Crosby is 226 pages long, and a total of 57,856 words.
This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 71% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 16 minutes to read Rethinking Celibacy, Reclaiming the Church aloud.
Rethinking Celibacy, Reclaiming the Church is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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