| Description |
xviii, 203 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
American Catholics in the public square ; v. 2 |
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American Catholics in the public square series ; v. 2.
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| Note |
"Sheed & Ward Book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Peter Steinfels, Robert Royal -- 1. Against the grain. Catholics in America: antipathy and assimilation / John T. McGreevy -- Abortion, sexuality, and Catholicism's public presence / Luke Timothy Johnson -- Connecting sexuality, marriage, family, and children: a response / Barbara Dafoe Whitehead -- The complexities and ambiguities of the "prophetic dimension": a response / Susan A. Ross -- The pro-life message and Catholic social teaching: problems of reception / Richard M. Doerflinger -- The strengths and weaknesses of the pro-life agenda: a response / Mary C. Segers -- The abortion debate: good for the church and good for American society / Michele Dillon -- Killing yourself: physician-assisted suicide in Oregon / Brian Doyle -- 2. Popular culture and literature. Catholicism as American popular culture / James T. Fisher -- "As if in prayer": a response to "Catholicism as American popular culture" / Mark Massa -- The last Catholic writer in America? / Paul Elie -- Being a writer, being a Catholic: sometimes the twain can meet / Valerie Sayers -- The press and the church's social teaching: friends or foes? / Kenneth J. Doyle -- Assertions, not reasons: a response / J. Bottum -- 3. Anti-Catholicism: the last acceptable prejudice? / Mark Massa -- Anti-Catholicism in the United States: the view from history / John T. McGreevy -- An ugly little secret revisited: a pretest on anti-Catholicism in America / Andrew M. Greeley -- Anti-Catholicism: the last acceptable prejudice? Yes / Kenneth L. Woodward -- Anti-Catholicism: the last acceptable prejudice? No / Mark Silk -- Voices from the field: a panel discussion / Gail Buckley ... [et al.]. |
| Subject |
Christian sociology -- United States.
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Christian sociology -- Catholic Church.
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| Added Author |
Steinfels, Margaret O'Brien, 1941-
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| Added Title |
American Catholcs, American culture |
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American Catholics, American culture |
| ISBN |
0742531600 alkaline paper |
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0742531619 paperback alkaline paper |
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