Harmful or Benign? Transnational Medical Networks and the Celibacy of Priests

This article investigates the nineteenth-century debate within transnational medical networks about the physiological effects of celibacy for priests. Many doctors, motivated in part by their animosity towards the Catholic Church, argued that the vow of celibacy was not only futile, but responsible...

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Main Author: Verhoeven, Timothy (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2015]
In: Journal of religious history
Year: 2015, Volume: 39, Issue: 2, Pages: 244-260
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