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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: American parishes. New York : Fordham University Press, 2019 (DLC) 2019937394 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Gary J Adler; Tricia Colleen Bruce; Brian Starks |
ISBN: | 9780823284368 0823284360 0823284379 9780823284375 9780823284344 0823284344 0823284352 9780823284351 |
OCLC Number: | 1103320316 |
Description: | 1 online resource |
Contents: | 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 |
Series Title: | Catholic practice in North America. |
Responsibility: | Gary J. Adler Jr., Tricia C. Bruce, and Brian Starks, editors. |
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Abstract:
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 worship and educate for the future of Catholicism.
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