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Faithful Revolution - How Voice of the Faithful Is Changing the Church (Hardcover)
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Faithful Revolution - How Voice of the Faithful Is Changing the Church (Hardcover)
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In January 2002, investigative reporting at the Boston Globe set
off a wave of revelations regarding child sexual abuse by Catholic
clergy and the transferring of abusive priests from parish to
parish. Public allegations against clergy reached unprecedented
levels; one Bishop would later refer to the period as ''our 9/11.''
Reeling from a growing awareness of abuse within their Church, a
small group of Catholics gathered after Mass in the basement of a
parish in Wellesley, Massachusetts to mourn and react. They began
to mobilize around supporting victims of abuse, supporting
non-abusive priests, and advocating for structural change in the
Catholic Church so that abuse would no longer occur. Voice of the
Faithful (VOTF) built a movement by harnessing the faith and fury
of a nation of Catholics shocked by reports of abuse and
institutional complicity. Some 30,000 around the United States
formally joined the VOTF movement to reform the Catholic Church.
Faithful Revolution offers an in-depth look at the development of
Voice of the Faithful and their struggle to challenge Church
leaders, advocate for internal change, and be accepted as
legitimately Catholic while doing so. In a study based on three
years of field observation and interviews with VOTF founders,
leaders, and participants in settings throughout the U.S., Bruce
shows the contested nature of a religious movement operating within
a bounded institutional space. Guided by the stories of individual
participants, this book brings to light the intense identity
negotiations that accompany a challenge to one's own religion.
Faithful Revolution offers a meaningful and accessible way to learn
about Catholic identity, intra-institutional social movements, and
the complexity of institutional structures.
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