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A Partisan Church: American Catholicism and the Rise of Neoconservative Catholics
Todd Scribner
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Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC2; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
In the wake of Vatican II and the political and social upheavals of the 1960s, disruption and disagreement rent the Catholic Church in America. Since then a diversity of opinions on a variety of political and religious questions found expression in the church, leading to a fragmented understanding of Catholic identity. Liberal, conservative, neoconservative and traditionalist Catholics competed to define what constituted an authentic Catholic worldview, thus making it nearly impossible to pinpoint a unique ""Catholic position"" on any given topic. A Partisan Church examines these controversies during the Reagan era and explores the way in which one group of ... Read more
In the wake of Vatican II and the political and social upheavals of the 1960s, disruption and disagreement rent the Catholic Church in America. Since then a diversity of opinions on a variety of political and religious questions found expression in the church, leading to a fragmented understanding of Catholic identity. Liberal, conservative, neoconservative and traditionalist Catholics competed to define what constituted an authentic Catholic worldview, thus making it nearly impossible to pinpoint a unique ""Catholic position"" on any given topic. A Partisan Church examines these controversies during the Reagan era and explores the way in which one group of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780813227290
SKU
V9780813227290
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About Todd Scribner
Todd Scribner is the Education Outreach Coordinator at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, DC, USA.
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