Del i serien Studies in Critical Research on Religion

Underground Church

Nonviolent Resistance to the Vatican Empire

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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Since the 1970s, liberal American Catholics have sustained a Reform Movement to counteract the conservative drift of the Vatican and to preserve and expand on the reforms of Vatican II. This book draws on a range of theory to analyze and interpret this movement, which is intent on creating a model of church, that examples Vatican II's open, receptive attitude toward the modern world. In response to backlash from church officials, the movement has increasingly abandoned effort to reform Roman Catholicism from within, and has moved in a sectarian direction by creating independent worship communities. The movement faces a precarious future due to its rapidly aging membership and the unstable nature of its newly-formed communities.

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Utgivningsdatum2012-03-02
Mått160 x 240 x 28 mm
Vikt772 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieStudies in Critical Research on Religion
Antal sidor346
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004219380

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Series Editor’s Preface Foreword by Ed StevensPrefaceAbbreviations of Catholic Reform GroupsIntroductionPART I: BURNED OUT, BUMMED OUT, AND THROWN OUT: PROGRESSIVE REFORMERS BEGIN THEIR WILDERNESS JOURNEY1. Sower of Mustard Seeds: Call to Action 2. Rebuilding the Temple: Voice of the Faithful 3. Leaving Egypt: DignityUSA, Corps of Reserve Priests United for Service, Catholic Organizations for Renewal 4. Catholic Feminists Confront Goliath: Women’s Ordination Conference, Women’s Ordination Worldwide, Women-Church Convergence, Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual, Catholics for a Free Choice 5. Toward a New City of GodPART II: TESTING THE WATERS AND PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES6. Prophets without Honor: Vatican II Pastors Are Disappearing7. What, Therefore, Belongs to Caesar? Marginal CommunitiesPART III: NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND8. The Catacombs Revisited: Underground Catholic Faith Communities9. Something New Under the Sun? Underground Parishes- ConclusionAPPENDICESAppendix A: Comparative Data on Vatican II Reform Organizations Appendix B: Field ResearchReferencesIndex

"This is an excellent study based on an extensive field work, representing in a very accurate and unbiased way the reality of the Catholic Reform Movement in USA." – Lluis Oviedo, in: Catholic Books Review"This study will be of historic importance for future research. As if this were not enough to recommend it, the study also has an exceptional literary quality and a fine methodological even-handedness." – Matthew Del Nevo, in: Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review 74/1, pp. 136-137