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Catholic Revolution New Wine, Old Wineskins, and the Second Vatican Council

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ISBN-10: 0520244818

ISBN-13: 9780520244818

Edition: 2005

Authors: Andrew Greeley

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How, a mere generation after Vatican Council II initiated the biggest reform since the Reformation, can the Catholic Church be in such deep trouble? The question resonates through this new book by Andrew Greeley, the most recognized, respected, and influential commentator on American Catholic life. A timely and much-needed review of forty years of Church history,The Catholic Revolutionoffers a genuinely new interpretation of the complex and radical shift in American Catholic attitudes since the second Vatican Council (1962-1965). Drawing on a wealth of data collected over the last thirty years, Greeley points to a rift between the higher and lower orders in the Church that began in the wake…    
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Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 3/10/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 237
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

List of Tables
Introduction
Old Wineskins
A Catholic Revolution
The "Confident" Church
The Wineskins Burst
What Happened?
"Effervescence" Spreads from the Council to the World
How Do They Stay?
New Rules, New Prophets, and Beige Catholicism
Only in America?
Why They Stay
Priests
The Search for New Wineskins
Recovering the Catholic Heritage
Religious Education and Beauty
Authority as Charm
Liturgists and the Laity
Conclusion
Notes
References