Young Catholic America

by Christian Smith

Young Catholic America, the latest book based on the groundbreaking National Study of Youth and Religion, explores a crucial stage in the life of Catholics.

Young Catholic America

Author: Christian Smith

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISBN: 0199341087

Page: 304

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Best Review at the Catholic Press Association Convention Studies of young American Catholics over the last three decades suggest a growing crisis in the Catholic Church: compared to their elders, young Catholics are looking to the Church less as they form their identities, and fewer of them can even explain what it means to be Catholic and why that matters. Young Catholic America, the latest book based on the groundbreaking National Study of Youth and Religion, explores a crucial stage in the life of Catholics. Drawing on in-depth surveys and interviews of Catholics and ex-Catholics ages 18 to 23--a demographic commonly known as early "emerging adulthood"--leading sociologist Christian Smith and his colleagues offer a wealth of insight into the wide variety of religious practices and beliefs among young Catholics today, the early influences and life-altering events that lead them to embrace the Church or abandon it, and how being Catholic affects them as they become full-fledged adults. Beyond its rich collection of statistical data, the book includes vivid case studies of individuals spanning a full decade, as well as insight into the twentieth-century events that helped to shape the Church and its members in America. An innovative contribution to what we know about religion in the United States and the evolving Catholic Church, Young Catholic America is the definitive source for anyone seeking to understand what it means to be young and Catholic in America today.

Young and Catholic in America

by Kevin Meme

The second story is almost as popular . In this tale , younger Catholics have
embraced what appear to them as the fundamentals of the faith but have rejected
a great deal else : the church ' s teachings on birth control , its stance on women '
s ...

Young and Catholic in America

Author: Kevin Meme

Publisher: Paulist Press

ISBN: 9780809145485

Page: 115

View: 485

"There is a raft of books that talk about how young Catholics think, pray and believe. There are few that let those young Catholics speak for themselves. Kevin Meme and Jeffrey Joseph Guhin's vibrant new collection of essays by a talented and diverse group of young men and women goes a long way to answering the question of what the future of the Catholic Church will look like." from the Foreword by James Martin, SJ

Young Adult Catholics

by Dean R. Hoge

Do they take the pope's statements seriously? Do they attend Mass? Have significant numbers left for other churches? Do they want Catholic education for their children?".

Young Adult Catholics

Author: Dean R. Hoge

Publisher:

ISBN: 9780268044763

Page: 288

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Do they take the pope's statements seriously? Do they attend Mass? Have significant numbers left for other churches? Do they want Catholic education for their children?".

Letters to a Young Catholic

by George Weigel

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the most historic Catholic building in the ... The man who built America's first
Catholic cathedral intended it to be a living metaphorfor Catholicism and America
, for ...

Letters to a Young Catholic

Author: George Weigel

Publisher: Gracewing Publishing

ISBN: 9780852446232

Page: 251

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The Emergence of Liberation Theology

by Christian Smith

Santiago , Chile ) IPLA Pastoral Institute of Latin America ( Instituto Pastoral
Latinoamericano . Quito , Ecuador ) ISAL Church and Society in Latin America (
Iglesia y Sociedad en América Latina . Brazil ; Bolivia ) JAC Young Catholic
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The Emergence of Liberation Theology

Author: Christian Smith

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

ISBN: 9780226764092

Page: 300

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Liberation theology is a school of Roman Catholic thought which teaches that a primary duty of the church must be to promote social and economic justice. In this book, Christian Smith explains how and why the liberation theology movement emerged and succeeded when and where it did.

America s Church

by Thomas A. Tweed

The National Shrine and Catholic Presence in the Nation's Capital Thomas A.
Tweed. is coming doesn't mean there ... That editorial message, “We Can Win,”
reminds young Catholics “religion is an allyearround affair.” “The Blessed Virgin
did ...

America s Church

Author: Thomas A. Tweed

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISBN: 0199831483

Page: 408

View: 750

The National Shrine in Washington, DC has been deeply loved, blithely ignored, and passionately criticized. It has been praised as a "dazzling jewel" and dismissed as a "towering Byzantine beach ball." In this intriguing and inventive book, Thomas Tweed shows that the Shrine is also an illuminating site from which to tell the story of twentieth-century Catholicism. He organizes his narrative around six themes that characterize U.S. Catholicism, and he ties these themes to the Shrine's material culture--to images, artifacts, or devotional spaces. Thus he begins with the Basilica's foundation stone, weaving it into a discussion of "brick and mortar" Catholicism, the drive to build institutions. To highlight the Church's inclination to appeal to women, he looks at fund-raising for the Mary Memorial Altar, and he focuses on the Filipino oratory to Our Lady of Antipolo to illustrate the Church's outreach to immigrants. Throughout, he employs painstaking detective work to shine a light on the many facets of American Catholicism reflected in the shrine.

Young and Catholic

by Tim Drake

Here veteran Catholic journalist Tim Drake introduces you to some of the surprising ways in which the Holy Spirit is working in the hearts of these Catholic young people today.

Young and Catholic

Author: Tim Drake

Publisher: Sophia Inst Press

ISBN: 9781928832935

Page: 259

View: 666

Catholicism Reborn! In your parish, the Church may be graying at the temples, but elsewhere - across America and around the world - young Catholics are ushering in a new springtime of faith and vitality for the Church you and I love. Here veteran Catholic journalist Tim Drake introduces you to some of the surprising ways in which the Holy Spirit is working in the hearts of these Catholic young people today.

Religion in America Since 1945

by Patrick Allitt

Day's position was that of only a tiny minority among American Catholics; most
others shared the hard anti-Communist views of New York's Cardinal Spellman.
Nevertheless, her example had inspired a generation of younger Catholic
activists.

Religion in America Since 1945

Author: Patrick Allitt

Publisher: Columbia University Press

ISBN: 0231509316

Page: 384

View: 203

Moving far beyond the realm of traditional "church history," Patrick Allitt here offers a vigorous and erudite survey of the broad canvas of American religion since World War II. Identifying the major trends and telling moments within major denominations and also in less formal religious movements, he asks how these religious groups have shaped, and been shaped by, some of the most important and divisive issues and events of the last half century: the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, feminism and the sexual revolution, abortion rights, the antinuclear and environmentalist movements, and many others. Allitt argues that the boundaries between religious and political discourse have become increasingly blurred in the last fifty years. Having been divided along denominational lines in the early postwar period, religious Americans had come by the 1980s to be divided along political lines instead, as they grappled with the challenges of modernity and secularism. Partly because of this politicization, and partly because of the growing influence of Asian, Latino, and other ethnic groups, the United States is anomalous among the Western industrialized nations, as church membership and religious affiliation generally increased during this period. Religion in America Since 1945 is a masterful analysis of this dynamism and diversity and an ideal starting point for any exploration of the contemporary religious scene.

Local Church Global Church

by Stephen J.C. Andes

Chapter 1. Messages Sent, Messages Received?: The Papacy and the Latin American Church at the Turn of the Twentieth Century - Lisa M. Edwards -- Chapter 2. Catholic Vanguards in Brazil - Dain Borges -- Chapter 3.

Local Church Global Church

Author: Stephen J.C. Andes

Publisher: CUA Press

ISBN: 0813227917

Page: 353

View: 404

This important volume investigates the many forms of Catholic activism in Latin America between the 1890s and 1962 (from the publication of the papal encyclical Rerum Novarum to the years just prior to the Second Vatican Council). It argues that this period saw a variety of lay and clerical responses to the social changes wrought by industrialization, political upheavals and mass movements, and increasing secularization. Spurred by these local developments as well as by initiatives from the Vatican, and galvanized by national projects of secular state-building, Catholic activists across Latin America developed new ways of organizing in order to effect social and political change within their communities.

Boston Monday lectures

by Joseph Cook

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Textures of Irish America

by Lawrence J. McCaffrey

... million mostly young, Catholic, and single Irish immigrants entered the United
States. They formed the latest phase of their country's long refugee tradition.
Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English conquests, occupations, and
plantations, ...

Textures of Irish America

Author: Lawrence J. McCaffrey

Publisher: Syracuse University Press

ISBN: 9780815605218

Page: 256

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The "textures" of the Irish-American experience have been manifold, greatly influencing this country's economic, social, and cultural development over the past two centuries. Unlike that of many other European immigrants, the Irish journey to America was viewed largely as a one-way trip. They quickly adjusted to America, soon becoming citizens and active participants in politics. By the end of the 19th century, they dominated not only most American cities but also sports, especially baseball, and many were prominent in show business. In this entertaining study of one of America's most engaging and controversial groups, Lawrence McCaffrey reveals how the Irish adapted to urban life, progressing from unskilled working class to solid middle class. Denied power and influence in business and commerce, they achieved both through politics and the Catholic church. In addition to politicians and churchmen, McCaffrey discusses the roles of writers such as Finley Peter Dunne, James T. Farrell, Eugene O'Neill, J.F. Powers, Edwin O'Connor, William Kennedy, Elizabeth Cullinan, Tom Flanagan, Thomas Fleming, Jimmy Breslin, and John Gregory Dunne, as well as such film stars as Jimmy Cagney, Bing Crosby, Grace and Gene Kelly, and Spencer Tracy. McCaffrey completes the story with a look at the role of Irish nationalism in developing the personality of Irish America and in liberating Ireland from British colonialism. The result of some forty years of thinking and writing about Irish-American life, McCaffrey's Textures will appeal to scholars and general readers alike and may very well become the standard work on Irish America.

Letters to a Young Catholic

by George Weigel

The foundations of the Catholic faith are examined in this invitation to Catholicism in which insights from history, literature, theology, and music, as well as figures who have shaped the author's beliefs are introduced and Catholic ...

Letters to a Young Catholic

Author: George Weigel

Publisher: Basic Books (AZ)

ISBN: 9780465092628

Page: 251

View: 521

The foundations of the Catholic faith are examined in this invitation to Catholicism in which insights from history, literature, theology, and music, as well as figures who have shaped the author's beliefs are introduced and Catholic landmarks are revisited. 75,000 first printing.

Catholic High Schools

by James L. Heft S. M.

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June 1, 2009, pp. 21–23. 33. Cathleen Kaveny, “Young Catholics: When Labels
Don't Fit,” in Commonweal, November 19, 2004, p. 20. 34. Robert Wilkens ...

Catholic High Schools

Author: James L. Heft S. M.

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISBN: 0199911371

Page: 272

View: 197

Catholic high schools in the United States have been undergoing three major changes: the shift to primarily lay leadership and teachers; the transition to a more consumerist and pluralist culture; and the increasing diversity of students attending Catholic high schools. James Heft argues that to navigate these changes successfully, leaders of Catholic education need to inform lay teachers more thoroughly, conduct a more profound social analysis of the culture, and address the real needs of students. After presenting the history of Catholic schools in the United States and describing the major legal decisions that have influenced their evolution, Heft describes the distinctive and compelling mission of a Catholic high school. Two chapters are devoted to leadership, and other chapters to teachers, students, alternative models of high schools, financing, and the key role of parents, who today may be described as ''post-deferential'' to traditional authorities, including bishops and priests. Written by an award-winning teacher, scholar, and recognized educational leader in Catholic education, Catholic High Schools should be read by everyone interested in religiously- affiliated educational institutions, particularly Catholic education.

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America Goes to War

by Charles Patrick Neimeyer

Young thought that “the Catholics never went, they seem not only tied to the
country but also to the parish where their ancestors lived.” Young was correct
about the social conditions but wrong about the level of Catholic emigration.
While it was ...

America Goes to War

Author: Charles Patrick Neimeyer

Publisher: NYU Press

ISBN: 081475872X

Page: 260

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One of the images Americans hold most dear is that of the drum-beating, fire-eating Yankee Doodle Dandy rebel, overpowering his British adversaries through sheer grit and determination. The myth of the classless, independence-minded farmer or hard-working artisan-turned-soldier is deeply ingrained in the national psyche. Charles Neimeyer here separates fact from fiction, revealing for the first time who really served in the army during the Revolution and why. His conclusions are startling. Because the army relied primarily on those not connected to the new American aristorcracy, the African Americans, Irish, Germans, Native Americans, laborers-for-hire, and "free white men on the move" who served in the army were only rarely alltruistic patriots driven by a vision of liberty and national unity. Bringing to light the true composition of the enlisted ranks, the relationships of African-Americans and of Native Americans to the army, and numerous acts of mutiny, desertion, and resistance against officers and government, Charles Patrick Neimeyer here provides the first comprehensive and historically accurate portrait of the Continental soldier.