Baggett, Jerome P. <br/><br/>
Sense of the Faithful :  How American Catholics Live Their Faith. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (302 pages) 
<br/><br/>Intro -- Contents -- Part I: Getting Situated: The View from Afar -- 1. Context: Past Changes and the Present Conversation -- 2. Framework: A "Cultured" Look at American Catholicism -- Part II: Leaning Closer: Examining the Brushstrokes -- 3. Self: Rooting and Uprooting -- 4. Institution: Dilemmas of Authenticity and Authority -- 5. Community: Narratives for Belonging -- 6. Civil Society: Private and Public Good -- Part III: Stepping Back: Thinking about the Big Picture -- 7. Paradox: Tradition in a Posttraditional Society -- Appendices -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z. 
<br/><br/> Jerome Baggett conducted 300 intensive interviews with members of six parishes to explore all aspects of how Catholics balance the Church's ancient devotional practices with day-to-day life in the modern world. Moving beyond the simplistic categories of national surveys and the politically-motivated pronouncements of pundits, Sense of the Faithful ultimately paints a more complex--and more accurate--portrait of what it is like to be Catholic in America today. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199716739 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Catholic Church -- United States.<br/>Catholics -- United States.<br/>Catholics -- Religious life.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX1406.3.B34 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>282/.73090511