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The Catholic labyrinth : power, apathy, and a passion for reform in the American church /

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American Catholicism has been rocked by sexual abuse scandals, declining attendance, a meltdown in the numbers of priests and nuns and the closing of many parishes and parochial schools. Yet the church hierarchy is increasingly dominated by conservatives. In The Catholic Labyrinth, Peter McDonough t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McDonough, Peter, 1939-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Catholic Church > United States > History > 21st century.
Church renewal > Catholic Church > History > 21st century.
Conservatism > Religious aspects > Catholic Church.
Catholic Church > Doctrines.
Table of Contents:
  • The matrix of American Catholicism
  • The dynamics of tradition
  • Prisoners in the promised land: neoconservatism as culture and strategy
  • Feminism versus the family?
  • Welfare reform, American values, and the triumph of Catholic neoconservatism
  • Conciliarism and other dormant traditions
  • Managerialism and the Catholic deficit
  • SNAP and the strategy of confrontation
  • Voice of the faithful and the struggle for Catholic pluralism
  • The leadership roundtable and the long march through the institutions
  • FutureChurch and the fog of reform
  • Two steps forward ...
  • In the labyrinth
  • Conclusion
  • Conjecture.