Sacred Callings
Sacred Callings 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...
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| description | Sacred Callings 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.
The 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.
Amid a global demographic shift in the Catholic priesthood —marked by declining vocations in Western regions and growing numbers in countries such as Nigeria—Sacred Callings 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. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1631282026-06-01T21:01:14Z Sacred Callings Conway, Brian Comparative; Eventful Sociology; Global; Priesthood; Vocations; Catholicism thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity::QRMB Christian Churches, denominations, groups::QRMB1 Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPA Political science and theory thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology Sacred Callings 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. The 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. Amid a global demographic shift in the Catholic priesthood —marked by declining vocations in Western regions and growing numbers in countries such as Nigeria—Sacred Callings 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. 2025-07-29T12:16:05Z 2025-07-29T12:16:05Z 2025-07-28T12:10:12Z 2025 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/104420 9789523691278 9789523691292 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/163128 eng open access image/png Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Helsinki University Press 10.33134/HUP-31 10.33134/HUP-31 cf5d0b3e-caff-497f-94d0-292cc4b4fce2 9789523691278 9789523691292 320 Helsinki open access |
| spellingShingle | Comparative; Eventful Sociology; Global; Priesthood; Vocations; Catholicism thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity::QRMB Christian Churches, denominations, groups::QRMB1 Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPA Political science and theory thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology Conway, Brian Sacred Callings |
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| topic | Comparative; Eventful Sociology; Global; Priesthood; Vocations; Catholicism thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity::QRMB Christian Churches, denominations, groups::QRMB1 Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPA Political science and theory thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology |
| topic_facet | Comparative; Eventful Sociology; Global; Priesthood; Vocations; Catholicism thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity::QRMB Christian Churches, denominations, groups::QRMB1 Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPA Political science and theory thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology |
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