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The Catholic Labyrinth - Power, Apathy, and a Passion for Reform in the American Church (Hardcover)
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The Catholic Labyrinth - Power, Apathy, and a Passion for Reform in the American Church (Hardcover)
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The sexual abuse scandals that exploded in 2002 shook a church
already under stress in the U.S. Since the 1960s the number of
priests and nuns has fallen, as has attendance at religious
services. While more lay people have assumed leadership positions
in the church's educational and health care operations, many
parishes and parochial schools have been consolidated or closed.
Through all this, conservatives have increasingly dominated the
Catholic hierarchy in the United States. Why? Popular reaction
against the cultural upheavals of the sixties played into the
church's endorsement of traditional sexual values, and
disenchantment with welfare programs helped turn Catholics once
sympathetic to New Deal progressivism toward less liberal policies.
Retrenchment has also prevailed in the internal politics of the
church, despite growing popular support for optional celibacy among
priests, the ordination of women, and similar changes. Though many
have left the church, immigration has helped replenish the ranks of
the faithful with predominantly traditional adherents. The
demographic shift has in turn reinforced a culture of deference
that impedes collective initiatives for reform. At the heart of
Catholicism's resistance to change is the equation of hierarchical
authority with inherited gender roles, especially the subordination
of women. Age-old standards of sexual behavior are upheld as
essential to cultural continuity and social order in and outside
the church. The link between doctrinal tradition and institutional
stratification makes reform of the church extraordinarily
difficult. The Catholic Labyrinth traces the variably
confrontational and incremental strategies of advocacy groups as
they struggle to reconcile religious mores with the onslaughts of
modernity.
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