Word: priesthood
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...TIME: Twenty years ago, you became the first black to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa. What positive changes have you seen in the church since? Tutu: In our own church we ordained women to the priesthood, which is a fantastic thing. When the church in the U.S. elected its first woman presiding bishop [Katherine Jefferts Schori], I said, "Yippee...
...only watch the smooth and civilized O?Grady, cracking little jokes as he fences with a lawyer, to understand that a few sessions with a shrink are not going to deliver anyone from the evil he represents. Included herein are the ritual appeals for an end to the celibate priesthood, but that?s not going to happen, either - it is an idea too firmly entrenched for successful attack. And one wonders if its end would do any more good than massive psychological counseling. Within a reflexively authoritarian organization, there is plenty of room for the perverse to maneuver while...
William Arrowsmith once lamented that precious few rewards exist at research universities for good teaching. “Universities are as uncongenial to teaching as the Mojave Desert to a clutch of Druid priests. If you want to restore a Druid priesthood, you cannot do it by offering prizes for Druid-of-the-Year. If you want Druids, you must grow forests.” We all know that it takes decades to grow a forest, and no institution can afford to wait decades to create an environment in which great courses will spontaneously emerge and good teaching will thrive...
...very foolish to say you know everything because pedophiles are extremely devious and deliberate in covering their tracks. All I can say is that we are working to establish structures that will reduce the possibility that any church employee can do that. Is there something in the nature of priesthood that attracts pedophiles? Priesthood offers privileged access to young people. And because of celibacy, it's one of the few institutions that prizes not being married. Those two factors might create a higher risk that pedophiles would consciously or unconsciously be attracted to the profession. I wouldn't say celibacy...
...extend their training to a degree rivaling a priest's--all while holding day jobs, with most of their pay devolving to the group. That near cloistered life produces the group's most avid, satisfied members and its bitterest dropouts. Opus steers a small number of members toward the priesthood, and they exert considerable influence on the lay majority...