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American Parishes : Remaking Local Catholicism.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Catholic Practice in North America SeriesPublisher: New York : Fordham University Press, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (279 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780823284375
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: American ParishesDDC classification:
  • 282.73
LOC classification:
  • BX1406.2 .A447 2019
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- American Parishes -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- 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: R ACE, CLASS, AND DIVERSITY IN PARISH LIFE -- 5 Power in the Parish -- 6 Liturgy as Identity Work in Predominantly African American Parishes -- 7 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 S OCIOLOGY 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.
Summary: 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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Cover -- American Parishes -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- 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: R ACE, CLASS, AND DIVERSITY IN PARISH LIFE -- 5 Power in the Parish -- 6 Liturgy as Identity Work in Predominantly African American Parishes -- 7 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 S OCIOLOGY 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.

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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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