Introduction : understanding priest masculinity -- Marriage defines the priest -- Proof of manhood : priests as husbands and fathers -- Laymen in priestly robes -- "Fighting" men : violence and priestly masculinity -- Becoming a priest : clerical role models and clerics-in-training -- Hierarchy, competition, and conflict : the parish as a battleground
Summary
In Defiant Priests, Michelle Armstrong-Partida uses evidence from extraordinary archives in four Catalan dioceses to show that maintaining a family with a domestic partner was not only a custom entrenched in Catalan clerical culture but also an essential component of priestly masculine identity
