first edition Hardcover
1986 · Boston, Toronto
by Thomas, Gordon
Boston, Toronto: Little, Brown and Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0316840971 . A Fine first Printing of the First Edition housed in a mildly scuffed alike dust-jacket; Gordon Thomas's Desire and Denial: Celibacy and the Church is a book about the history and theology of celibacy in the Catholic Church. Thomas argues that celibacy has been a source of both spiritual and sexual temptation for centuries. He also contends that celibacy has had negative consequences for both the Church and its members.; 8vo; 529 pages . (Inventory #: 59408)