Suggested Further Readings
Best, Joel. “Rhetoric in Claims-Making: Constructing the Missing Children Problem,” Social Problems 34:2, 1987.
Bokenkotter, Thomas. A Concise History of the Catholic Church. New York: Image Books, 1990.
Dolan, Jay. The American Catholic Experience. New York: Doubleday, 1985.
Jenkins, Philip. Pedophiles and Priests. Oxford, UK and New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
John Paul II, Pope. Apostolic Letter Ordination Sacerdotalis: On Reserving Priestly Ordination to Men Alone. May 22, 1994. Available online at http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_22051994_ordinatio-sacerdotalis_en.html
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Paul Sullins, Ph.D., a Roman Catholic priest, is a fellow of the Life Cycle Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based social research institute, and teaches in the Department of Sociology at the Catholic University of America. He has engaged in numerous survey and analytical studies of Catholic and Protestant religious groups.
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Sullins, P. A little knowledge of the Catholic Church. Soc 40, 20–24 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-003-1031-y
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