Résumé
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Today, being single rhymes with independence and sexual freedom. But in total contrast to this notion, there are men and women who undertake to remain celibate 'for God'. But since no one chooses their partner by chance, how could we imagine that those who hear the call would respond lightly? What matters is not what history imposes on our lives, but what we do with them. So in what way can this choice, dependent on relational constraints, become a fruitful one? That is the question this book poses, nourished by accounts of the lives of monks, nuns and priests, but also ministers and Orthodox priests, who are 'married for God'. Sexuality is not an end in itself if it reaches beyond the sexual act, of course, it depends on the quality of the bond with the other. Without mutual confidence, marriage will settle no problems, either sexual or feelings of solitude. This research into voluntary celibacy for God is quasi-experimental in nature, assessing the potential for development and fecundity as well as the possible impasses. For beyond sexuality, whether active or not, the real issue remains one of the loving bond we make with those who share our lives. And could God, as a paradoxical figure of the Absolute who can only be experienced in the relativity of a relation, in his project of becoming-together, help man to find himself?
L'auteur - Nicole Jeammet
Nicole Jeammet est psychanalyste et maître de conférences honoraire en psychopathologie à l'université René Descartes-Paris V. Elle est déjà l'auteure de plusieurs ouvrages.
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Caractéristiques techniques
PAPIER | |
Éditeur(s) | Cerf |
Auteur(s) | Nicole Jeammet |
Collection | Parole presente |
Parution | 26/03/2009 |
Format | 14.5 x 21.5 |
Couverture | Broché |
Poids | 370g |
EAN13 | 9782204087582 |
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