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American Parishes : Remaking Local Catholicism /

Between individual Catholics and a global institution, thousands of local parishes remake Catholicism each day. With fresh data and sociological methods, this book shows how parishes are shaped by community, geography, and authority; how parishes respond to diversity and change; and how parishes wor...

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Otros Autores: Starks, Brian (Editor ), Bruce, Tricia Colleen (Editor ), Adler, Gary J. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, 2019.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Half Title; Introduction: What Is a Parish? Why Look at Catholic Parishes?; Part I: Seeing Parishes through a Sociological Lens; 1. A Brief History of the Sociology of Parishes in the United States; 2. Studying Parishes: Lessons and New Directions from the Study of Congregations; Part II: Parish Trends; 3. The Shifting Landscape of US Catholic Parishes, 1998-2012; 4. Stable Transformation: Catholic Parishioners in the United States; Part III: Race, Class, and Diversity in Parish Life; 5. Power in the Parish
  • 6. Liturgy as Identity Work in Predominantly African American Parishes7. A House Divided; Part IV: Young Catholics In (and Out) of Parishes; 8. Parishes as Homes and Hubs; 9. Preparing to Say "I Do"; Part V: The Practice and Future of a Sociology of Catholic Parishes; 10. A Sociologist Looks at His Own Parish: A Conversation with John A. Coleman, SJ; Conclusion: Parishes as the Embedded Middle of American Catholicism; Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; Index; Series List