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Tracing the Sign of the Cross: Sexuality, Mourning, and the Future of American Catholicism
Marian Ronan
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Description for Tracing the Sign of the Cross: Sexuality, Mourning, and the Future of American Catholicism
Hardback. Series: Gender, Theory, and Religion. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAM; HRCC7. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 362.
Following World War II, millions of U.S. Catholics were poised to attain the American dream, while at Vatican Council II, the liberal vision of the church seemed finally to triumph. Yet by the end of the twentieth century, American Catholicism was in crisis, plagued by grave ideological divisions; a dwindling pool of priests, nuns, and monks; and declining financial resources. What went wrong? In Tracing the Sign of the Cross, Marian Ronan identifies the roots of this crisis in an inability on the part of American Catholics to mourn a variety of losses suffered in the last third of the ... Read more
Following World War II, millions of U.S. Catholics were poised to attain the American dream, while at Vatican Council II, the liberal vision of the church seemed finally to triumph. Yet by the end of the twentieth century, American Catholicism was in crisis, plagued by grave ideological divisions; a dwindling pool of priests, nuns, and monks; and declining financial resources. What went wrong? In Tracing the Sign of the Cross, Marian Ronan identifies the roots of this crisis in an inability on the part of American Catholics to mourn a variety of losses suffered in the last third of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
Gender, Theory, and Religion
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231147026
SKU
V9780231147026
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About Marian Ronan
Marian Ronan is Research Professor of Catholic Studies at the Center for World Christianity at New York Theological Seminary, New York, NY. Her previous books include Wisdom's Feast: Sophia in Study and Celebration and Image-Breaking, Image-Building: A Handbook for Creative Worship with Women of Christian Tradition.
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[T]he book will have some real and lasting use as a primary source American Catholic Studies