�O Murch�u, Diarmuid. <br/><br/>
Consecrated religious life :  the changing paradigms / 
Diarmuid O'Murchu. 
 - Maryknoll, N.Y. :  Orbis Books,  c2005. 
 - x, 267 p. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-267). 
<br/><br/>What have paradigms got to do with religious life? -- Paradigms in decline -- The God-image of 2000 years -- Patriarchal religion -- The power of dualisms -- Ecclesiastical, canonical control -- Preoccupation with the sinful world -- The soul over the body -- Obedience unto death -- Paradigms in transition -- Catholicism in a new guise -- Spirituality vis-�a-vis religion -- Flee the world -- Embrace creation -- Women's redemptive rage -- The church vis-�a-vis the kingdom of God -- Consecration-communion-mission -- Mission vis-�a-vis ministry -- New models of leadership -- Paradigms coming to birth -- The world is bigger than the church -- Liminality for the lay vocation -- Calling forth the adult -- Community for discernment -- Vowed commitment to erotic liberation -- Vowed commitment to justice-making -- Vowed commitment to right relating -- Contemplating new horizons of consciousness. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1570756198 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005003886 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Catholic Church--Clergy.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Monasticism and religious orders--Rules.<br/>Monastic and religious life.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX2436  / .O48 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>255