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.
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.
Jerome Baggett is Associate Professor of Religion and Society at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley and a member of the Core Doctoral Faculty at the Graduate Theological Union. He is the author of Habitat for Humanity: Building Private Homes, Building Public Religion.
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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 Brush Strokes 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 Post-Traditional Society
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 Brush Strokes 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 Post-Traditional Society
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