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Title

Being Catholic in a culture of choice / Thomas P. Rausch.

Author

Rausch, Thomas P.

Publication

Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, c2006.

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Description

xvi, 123 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

What will the next generation of Catholics be like? Will they have a strong sense of their identity as Catholic Christians, or will they reflect a more generic Christian identity, without the distinctives associated with Catholicism?Some social commentators suggest that the Catholic identity of young adult Catholics is in jeopardy, with a less ecclesial faith, a thin commitment to the institutional church, and alack of familiarity with the Catholic tradition. Others argue that there are signs that a new generation of younger Catholics is emerging, not al of whom fall easily into the liberal/conservative categories, though many Catholics over fifty tend to dismiss them as conservative, neo-conservative, or even restorationist.Thomas Rausch's book examines a number of recent studies of young adult Catholics as well as different ways that being Catholic is developed and supported, from the Catholic imagination to a reexamination of Christian origins in the light of the charges made in The Da Vinci Code, to the domestic church and Catholic colleges and universities. -- Provided by publisher.

Subject

Catholic Church

Note

• "A Michael Glazier book."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Young adult Catholics -- The Catholic imagination -- The Catholic tradition and The Da Vinci code -- The domestic church -- Catholic colleges and universities -- A new generation? -- Some concluding reflections.

ISBN

0814659845

LCCN

• ^^2006014461
• 9780814659847

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Harvard Library