American Parishes: Remaking Local Catholicism (Catholic Practice in North America)

By: Gary J. Adler Jr. and Nancy Ammerman and Mary Jo Bane and Tricia C. Bruce and John A. Coleman and Kathleen Garces-Foley and Mark M. Gray and Brett Hoover and Courtney Irby and Tia Noelle Pratt and Brian Starks

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Synopsis: Parishes are the missing middle in studies of American Catholicism. Between individual Catholics and a global institution, the thousands of local parishes are where Catholicism gets remade. American Parishes showcases what social forces shape parishes, what parishes do, how they do it, and what this says about the future of Catholicism in the United States. Expounding an embedded field approach, this book displays the numerous forces currently reshaping American parishes. It draws from sociology of religion, culture, organizations, and race to illuminate basic parish processes, like leadership and education, and ongoing parish struggles like conflict and multiculturalism. American Parishes brings together contemporary data, methods, and questions to establish a sociological re-engagement with Catholic parishes and a Catholic re-engagement with sociological analysis. Contributions by leading social scientists highlight how community, geography, and authority intersect within parishes. It illuminates and analyzes how growing racial diversity, an aging religious population, and neighborhood change affect the inner workings of parishes. Contributors: Gary J. Adler Jr., Nancy Ammerman, Mary Jo Bane, Tricia C. Bruce, John A. Coleman, S.J., Kathleen Garces-Foley, Mary Gray, Brett Hoover, Courtney Ann Irby, Tia Noelle Pratt, and Brian Starks

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9780823284368
Related ISBNs:: 9780823284351, 9780823284344
Publisher:: Fordham University Press
Date of Addition:: 07/02/19
Copyrighted By:: Fordham University Press
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Business and Finance, Politics and Government, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Gary J. Adler, Jr.
Edited by:: Tricia C. Bruce
Edited by:: Brian Starks