Ebauche d’une théologie sur le célibat non-consacré

AUTEUR : JOSEPH LOÏC MBEN SJ 

ABSTRACT

Many Christian women are single in our main African cities nowadays. However, one notices that the Church in her theological and pastoral approach does not fully grasp the magnitude of this phenomenon. The present essay is an attempt to tackle this question in trying to build a theology of non-vowed celibacy based on the mining of biblical insights found in the New Testament. The aim is to draw some features through the example of Jesus and of some female characters, which can help structure such a theology at a theoretical and pastoral level.