Catholic Labyrinth Power, Apathy, and a Passion for Reform in the American Church

Name: Catholic Labyrinth Power, Apathy, and a Passion for Reform in the American Church
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ISBN: 9780199751181

ISBN-10: 0199751188

ISBN-13: 9780199751181

Edition: 2013

Authors: Peter McDonough

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Sexual abuse scandals, declining attendance, a meltdown in the number of priests and nuns, the closing of many parishes and parochial schools-all have shaken American Catholicism. Yet conservatives have increasingly dominated the church hierarchy.InThe Catholic Labyrinth, Peter McDonough tells a tale of multiple struggles that animate various groups-the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, Voice of the Faithful, and the Leadership Roundtable chief among them-pushing to modernize the church. One contest pits reformers against those who back age-old standards of sexual behavior and gender roles. Another area of contention, involving efforts to maintain the church's far-flung…

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List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/15/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.77" wide x 9.41" long x 1.28" tall
Weight: 1.430



Acknowledgments


Prologue


Introduction






The Matrix of American Catholicism



The Dynamics of Tradition



Overview



Prisoners in the Promised Land: Neoconservatism as Culture and Strategy



Feminism versus the Family?



Welfare Reform, American Values, and the Triumph of Catholic Neoconservatism



Overview



Conciliarism and Other Dormant Traditions



Managerialism and the Catholic Deficit



Overview



SNAP and the Strategy of Confrontation



Voice of the Faithful and the Struggle for Catholic Pluralism



The Leadership Roundtable and the Long March through the Institutions



Future Church and the Fog of Reform



Overview



Two Steps Forward…



In the Labyrinth





Conclusion


Conjecture


Notes


Index