Selling All: Commitment, Consecrated Celibacy, and Community in Catholic Religious Life Religious Life in a New Millenium - Vol. 2 by Sandra M. Schneiders, IHM   Preface to Religious Life in a New Millenium -- pg. ix Abbreviations -- pg. xix Introduction -- pg. xxi Acknowledgements -- pg. xxv   Part One:   Commitment Chapter One:   Vocation and Discernment -- pg. 3 Vocation to What? -- pg. 3 Congregation/Institute -- pg. 4 Community -- pg. 7 Religious Life -- pg. 9 Vocation and Discernment -- pg. 11 Vocation -- pg. 12 Discernment -- pg. 14 Chapter Two:   Formation and Incorporation -- pg. 34 Introduction -- pg. 34 Formation -- pg. 35 Factors Influencing a Revision of Initial Formation -- pg. 35 Results of the Crisis in Formation -- pg. 42 The Need for Formation -- pg. 44 Find a Model for Formation: The Artistic Analogy -- pg. 47 Components of the Formation Program -- pg. 52 Formation as Probation -- pg. 65 Summary and Conclusions on Formation -- pg. 68 Incorporation -- pg. 71 Chapter Three:   Commitment and Profession -- pg. 78 Introduction -- pg. 78 Commitment -- pg. 79 The Two Dimensions of the Commitment -- pg. 79 The Commitment to Christ -- pg. 81 The Dilemma and the Glory of Commitment -- pg. 82 Fidelity in Commitment -- pg. 96 Profession -- pg. 100 The Act of Profession -- pg. 100 The Content of Profession: The Vows -- pg. 106 Conclusion -- pg. 113 Part Two:x   Consecrated Celibacy Chapter Four:   Celibacy as Charism -- pg. 117 Introduction: Definition and Terminology -- pg. 117 Definition -- pg. 117 The Terminology of the Vow -- pg. 119 The Distinctiveness of Consecrated Celibacy among the Vows -- pg. 125 Motivations for Consecrated Celibacy: A Contemporary Conundrum -- pg. 132 Celibacy Not Freely Chosen -- pg. 135 Motivations for Celibacy Freely Chosen -- pg. 137 Conclusions and a Proposition -- pg. 151 Chapter Five:   Celibacy as Women's Reality -- pg. 160 Introduction -- pg. 160 Consecrated Celibacy int he Context of Women's Experience of Sexuality -- pg. 165 A Significant Hint from History -- pg. 166 Contrasting Experiences of Sexuality -- pg. 166 Consecrated Celibacy and Feminism -- pg. 173 Background Considerations -- pg. 179 The Nuptial Metaphor as Resource -- pg. 187 Chapter Six:   Celibacy and "Family" -- pg. 201 Introduction -- pg. 201 The Problematic of "Family" in Relation to Religious Life -- pg. 202 The Renunciation of Primary and Secondary Family -- pg. 202 The Ambiguous Legacy of Preconciliar Religious Life Regarding Family -- pg. 207 The Spiritual and Prophetic Challenge of Consecrated Celibacy in a New Cultural Context -- pg. 211 Jesus and Family -- pg. 221 Jesus' Early Life -- pg. 222 Jesus' Vocation -- pg. 223 Jesus' Ministry of Teaching and Healing -- pg. 226 The Paschal Mystery and the New Family -- pg. 229 The Changed Problematic of Renunciation of Family in Postconciliar Religious Life -- pg. 232 The Sociocultural Revolution in Relation to Family -- pg. 232 Problematic Responses to the Changed Situation -- pg. 239 The Challenge of the Current Situation -- pg. 242 Chapter Seven:   Celibacy and "Home" -- pg. 248 Introduction and Transition -- pg. 248 The New Testament and Early Church on Itinerancy and Householding -- pg. 249 Jesus and Home -- pg. 249 Itinerancy and Householding in the Early Church -- pg. 251 Conclusions from History about Gospel Homelessness -- pg. 255 Gospel Homelessness in Relation to the Vows, Community, and Prophetic Witness -- pg. 256 The Vows and Homelessness -- pg. 257 Community and Homelessness -- pg. 263 Prophetic Witness and Homelessness -- pg. 265 Celibate Homelessness and Friendship -- pg. 271 Conclusion -- pg. 273 Part Three:   Community Chapter Eight:   Religious Community: Biblical and Theological Foundations -- pg. 277 Introduction and Transition -- pg. 277 Religious Community as Christian -- pg. 279 Community as Foundational to Christian Life -- pg. 279 Implications for Religious Life -- pg. 281 The Specific Character of Religious Community as Celibate -- pg. 284 Religious Community Is Not "Natural," Necessary, or Intentional -- pg. 284 Religious Community Is Typically Monosexual -- pg. 285 the Bonds and Permanence of Celibate Community Are Unique -- pg. 287 Evangelical Friendship: The Bond of Religious Community Life -- pg. 288 The Relation of Jesus and His Disciples and Their Relationship to One Another -- pg. 291 Evangelical Friendship -- pg. 295 Conclusion: The Role of The Spirit/Paraclete -- pg. 305 Chapter Nine:   Embodying Religious Community I: The Indivitual Perspective -- pg. 307 Introduction and Transition -- pg. 307 Community in Mobile Ministerial Religious Congregations -- pg. 308 Is Common Life the Theologically Ideal Form for Religious Community? -- pg. 310 Is Congregational Group Life Conducive to Ministerial Religious Life? -- pg. 316 Is Individual Living a Valid Form of Religious Community Life? -- pg. 330 Conclusions about Group and Individual Embodiment of Community Life -- pg. 349 Chapter Ten:   Embodying Religious Community II: The Corporate Perspective -- pg. 353 Introduction and Transition -- pg. 353 Light from the Sociology of Organizations -- pg. 355 Three Models of Group Life and Relationships -- pg. 357 The Challenge to Contemporary Religious Community: Its Socilogical Uniqueness -- pg. 370 Some Presuppositions for Discussion of Community Life from the Corporate Perspective -- pg. 373 Resources from Recent Experience of Congregations -- pg. 379 Negative Experiences of Distance and Disintegration -- pg. 379 Positive Experiences of Corporate Identity and Life -- pg. 382 Content Experiences -- pg. 384 Organizational Experiences -- pg. 391 Facing a New Challenge with New Resources -- pg. 396 Recognizing the Real Newness of the Situation -- pg. 396 Claiming the Resources -- pg. 398 Conclusion: Testing the Spirits Discerning the Reality of Community in the Life of the Individual -- pg. 399 Discerning the Reality of Community in the Congregation -- pg. 401 Conclusion -- pg. 405 Notes -- pg. 409 Works Cited -- pg. 447 Index -- pg. 463