{"product_id":"sacred-callings-9789523691278","title":"Sacred Callings","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Brian Conway\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Helsinki University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Helsinki University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Christianity - Catholic - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSacred Callings\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmid a global demographic shift in the Catholic priesthood -marked by declining vocations in Western regions and growing numbers in countries such as Nigeria-\u003cem\u003eSacred Callings\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46401190985879,"sku":"9789523691278","price":3822.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789523691278.webp?v=1769055694","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/sacred-callings-9789523691278","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}