Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to American Catholicism
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to American Catholicism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Historical Overview
- Part II Catholic Life and Culture
- Part III The Many Faces of Catholicism
- 14 American Catholic Laywomen and Feminism
- 15 Black Catholics
- 16 Latinx Catholicism
- 17 Asian-American Catholics
- 18 Cultural Catholicism
- Part IV Conclusion
- Index
- Series page
- References
18 - Cultural Catholicism
from Part III - The Many Faces of Catholicism
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 May 2021
- The Cambridge Companion to American Catholicism
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to American Catholicism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Historical Overview
- Part II Catholic Life and Culture
- Part III The Many Faces of Catholicism
- 14 American Catholic Laywomen and Feminism
- 15 Black Catholics
- 16 Latinx Catholicism
- 17 Asian-American Catholics
- 18 Cultural Catholicism
- Part IV Conclusion
- Index
- Series page
- References
Summary
In the opening decades of the twenty-first century, the matter of who stays Catholic, and how, has become one of the most important questions in American Catholicism. Research about Catholics going their own way captured the attention of the public in general and Catholic leadership in particular, and focused on the notable drop-off in participation in Catholic ritual life, an increasing political independence of the laity from the wishes of Catholic bishops, a widespread abhorrence at the continuing revelations of clerical sexual abuse and episcopal cover-up, and enduring resistance toward active church involvement from post–Vatican II generations.
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- The Cambridge Companion to American Catholicism , pp. 325 - 342Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021