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This volume considers Catholicism's prospects at a pivotal moment. Contributors—scholars from sociology, theology,
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Fr. Thomas Reese has observed that American Catholic dioceses are simultaneously mysterious and essential to the institu
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As faith communities in the United States grow increasingly more diverse, many churches are turning to the shared parish
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Aimed at a wide audience of readers, The Anthropology of Catholicism is the first companion guide to this burgeoning fie
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Catholicism is generally over-institutionalized and over-centralized in comparison to other religions. However, it finds
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Arguing that the religious values of a particular culture can account for differences in the role of intellectual elites
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Horizons of the Sacred explores the distinctive worldview underlying the faith and lived religion of Catholics of Mexica
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