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Author : Jay P. Dolan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The American Catholic Parish: Northeast, Southeast, South Central written by Jay P. Dolan and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William E. Simon
Publisher : Ave Maria Press
ISBN 13 : 1594714185
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (947 download)
Download or read book Great Catholic Parishes written by William E. Simon and published by Ave Maria Press. This book was released on 2016-09-23 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is really happening in the Catholic Church in North America? Are parishes thriving or dying? Is dissatisfaction among Catholics growing or are they becoming more engaged in the evangelizing mission of the Church? Businessman, professor, and philanthropist, William E. Simon Jr. has been highly influenced by the dynamic and inspiring Catholic parishes he has attended for more than 25 years. In 2012, he founded Parish Catalyst, an organization devoted to researching and supporting the health and development of Catholic parishes. Great Catholic Parishes looks at Simon’s insights and the success stories of 244 vibrant parishes to show what makes them great. In 2012 and 2013, Simon and his team studied 244 Catholic parishes to determine what made them exceptional. The study found that all of the parishes shared four foundational practices that led to a profound sense of belonging within their parish communities and a deepening commitment to discipleship: Share leadership by using clergy and lay staff with the best talents and skills to direct the community Foster spiritual maturity and plan for discipleship by offering a variety of formation programs and ministry opportunities to reach parishioners at differing points in their lives Excel on Sundays by dedicating significant time, energy, and money to liturgical celebrations that parishioners and visitors find welcoming Intentionally evangelize by challenging insiders to look outward and providing service programs, social events, global mission opportunities, and pastoral care at key sacramental moments that focus on inviting outsiders to deeper relationship with Christ and the Church. In Great Catholic Parishes, Simon shares personal stories such as finding a welcoming parish home and what he learned about evangelizing from a mission trip to Kenya. Pastors from exceptional parishes offer helpful ideas, strategic advice, and practical strategies, as well as anecdotes about lay ministry development initiatives and reworking religious education so that it is family focused and web-based. You will also learn creative solutions to familiar challenges such as spiritual stagnation among parishioners, reconciling diverse needs in the parish, allowing the pastor to focus on pastoring and preaching, and reaching youth and young adults who leave the Church in disproportionate numbers. Each chapter closes with either crucial takeaways or a summary of practical challenges that will help pastors and leaders focus on growth and excellence.
Author : Robert D. Putnam
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416566880
Total Pages : 690 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)
Download or read book American Grace written by Robert D. Putnam and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Grace is a major achievement, a groundbreaking examination of religion in America. Unique among nations, America is deeply religious, religiously diverse, and remarkably tolerant. But in recent decades the nation’s religious landscape has been reshaped. America has experienced three seismic shocks, say Robert Putnam and David Campbell. In the 1960s, religious observance plummeted. Then in the 1970s and 1980s, a conservative reaction produced the rise of evangelicalism and the Religious Right. Since the 1990s, however, young people, turned off by that linkage between faith and conservative politics, have abandoned organized religion. The result has been a growing polarization—the ranks of religious conservatives and secular liberals have swelled, leaving a dwindling group of religious moderates in between. At the same time, personal interfaith ties are strengthening. Interfaith marriage has increased while religious identities have become more fluid. Putnam and Campbell show how this denser web of personal ties brings surprising interfaith tolerance, notwithstanding the so-called culture wars. American Grace is based on two of the most comprehensive surveys ever conducted on religion and public life in America. It includes a dozen in-depth profiles of diverse congregations across the country, which illuminate how the trends described by Putnam and Campbell affect the lives of real Americans. Nearly every chapter of American Grace contains a surprise about American religious life. Among them: • Between one-third and one-half of all American marriages are interfaith; • Roughly one-third of Americans have switched religions at some point in their lives; • Young people are more opposed to abortion than their parents but more accepting of gay marriage; • Even fervently religious Americans believe that people of other faiths can go to heaven; • Religious Americans are better neighbors than secular Americans: more generous with their time and treasure even for secular causes—but the explanation has less to do with faith than with their communities of faith; • Jews are the most broadly popular religious group in America today. American Grace promises to be the most important book in decades about American religious life and an essential book for understanding our nation today.
Author : Paula M. Kane
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469639432
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)
Download or read book Separatism and Subculture written by Paula M. Kane and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kane explores the role of religious identity in Boston in the years 1900-1920, arguing that Catholicism was a central integrating force among different class and ethnic groups. She traces the effect of changing class status on religious identity and solidarity, and she delineates the social and cultural meaning of Catholicism in a city where Yankee Protestant nativism persisted even as its hegemony was in decline.
Author : William J. Collinge
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538130181
Total Pages : 659 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Catholicism written by William J. Collinge and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-08-15 with total page 659 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work covers the whole history of Catholicism, including the periods of Christian history prior to the present divisions into Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant, but within the earlier periods it focuses on the “story line” that leads to Catholicism in the Roman Rite, and particularly to Roman Catholicism in the United States. The Historical Dictionary of Catholicism, Third Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 500 cross-referenced entries on important persons and places as well as themes such as baptism, contraception, labor, church architecture, the sexual abuse crisis, Catholic history, doctrine and theology, spirituality and worship, moral and social teaching, and church structure. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Catholicism.
Author : Rick Halpern
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 134925584X
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (492 download)
Download or read book American Exceptionalism? written by Rick Halpern and published by Springer. This book was released on 1997-08-12 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea that American historical development is different from that of other nations is an old one, yet it shows no sign of losing its emotive power. 'Exceptionalism' continues to excite, beguile, and frustrate students of the American past. The essays in this volume explore the ways in which the process of class formation in the United States can be said to be distinctive. Focusing upon the impact of liberal political thought, race and immigration, and the role of the war-time state, they challenge particularist and nation-centred modes of explanation. Comparing American historical development with Italian, South African, and Australian examples, the essays reinvigorate a tired debate.
Author : Keith F. Pecklers
Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814624500
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (245 download)
Download or read book The Unread Vision written by Keith F. Pecklers and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a social history of the liturgical movement, "Unread Vision" introduces readers to the movement's pioneers and promoters and to the issues that emerged from 1926-1955. "Unread Vision" explores the foundational years and their major themes and discusses how the movement's goals and principles were received by the broader community of American Catholics.
Author : Robert S. Rivers
Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809143184
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)
Download or read book From Maintenance to Mission written by Robert S. Rivers and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evangelization, contrary to what many people believe, is not just a Protestant concern; in fact, writes Robert Rivers, it is Catholic to the core. In this practical, approachable work he suggests that the Catholic parish is a wonderful setting to carry out the evangelizing work of the church. He makes the case that evangelization holds they key to the future of the church because it was in fact the centerpiece of post-Vatican Council reform. Drawing from the USCCB document Go and Make Disciples, which offers a comprehensive plan and strategy for evangelization, he explores ways to challenge us to become Catholic evangelizers. And he proposes ways to move from maintenance to mission-oriented parishes. "My purpose," affirms the author, "is to try to place before the reader a compelling vision of Catholic evangelization and share some strategic thinking that might enable us to implement the great vision to which we have been called." He attains that goal convincingly, practically, and hopefully. +
Author : Reynolds J. Scott-Childress
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317777565
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)
Download or read book Race and the Production of Modern American Nationalism written by Reynolds J. Scott-Childress and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important book addresses the ways race has both helped and hindered Americans in determining national identity. Contributors consider race and American nationalism from a variety of historical and disciplinary vantage points. Beginning with the aftermath of the Civil War and unfolding chronologically through to the present, the essays examine a multitude of different groups-Japanese Americans, Chinese Americans, Puerto Ricans, African Americans, whites, Jews, Irish Americans, German Americans-by examining race and nationalism represented in public memorials, photography, film, classic and minor literature, gender issues, legal studies, and more. The book offers rereadings of some of the pivotal figures in American culture and politics, including Herman Melville, Frances Harper, William James, Frederic Remington, Charles Francis Adams, W. E. B. DuBois, George Creel, Zora Neale Hurston, Louis Chu, and others. In the course of these essays, readers will learn how Americans in different periods and circumstances have grappled with the changing issues of defining race and of defining American as a race, as a nationality, or as both.
Author : Jay P. Dolan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The American Catholic Parish: Pacific states, intermountain West, Midwest written by Jay P. Dolan and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael J. McNally
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Catholic Parish Life on Florida's West Coast, 1860-1968 written by Michael J. McNally and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William B. Lawrence
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666792470
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)
Download or read book When the Church Woke written by William B. Lawrence and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-10-21 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most divisive and damaging aspect of the church in America is the combination of racism and white supremacy that has been woven into the fabric of the church to the degree that one cannot discuss the church in America apart from this sin. Nowhere is this clearer than in American Methodism, including The United Methodist Church. That denomination, which has been divided for decades over issues regarding human sexuality and homosexuality, is a product of a long history of racism and white supremacy. While initiatives have been taken to address these matters, there has not been any effort to help the church focus on being anti-racist in its practices or public witness at every level, including local church levels. This is a book that identifies this sin and offers an innovative look at the mission of the church, based on biblical witnesses to new life with the resurrection. It offers proposals for reparations and renewal that will come when the church woke.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book New Catholic World written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joint Commission on Unification of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 696 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (791 download)
Download or read book Proceedings written by Joint Commission on Unification of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry Warner Bowden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book American Church History written by Henry Warner Bowden and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides an introduction to the diverse role that Christianity has played in American history. The multiperspectival approach of the volume reflects not only the pluralistic nature of Christianity's role in American culture, but also the breadth of interpretive methods used in the study of American religious history. The 32 essays of American Church History underscore Christianity's multiformed influence in American history. The general introduction to the volume includes guidelines on how to use the work as a resource. The 32 essays are clustered around five main themes: religion and culture, religion and ethnicity, religious thought, "mainstream" religion, and alternative in religion. Each of the five major sections includes a general introduction to the theme. Introductions to each of the essays highlight both the interpretive significance of the particular essay as well as the importance of the topic in American religious history. Brief but substantial bibliographic essays for each main section and essay provide useful guides to students and scholars interested in pursuing further research on a particular topic.
Author : John M. O'Loughlin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Catholic Library World written by John M. O'Loughlin and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jane Redmont
Publisher : Liguori Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Generous Lives written by Jane Redmont and published by Liguori Publications. This book was released on 1992 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback, this "deep look into the hearts and souls of a fascinating group of American women" (Dan Wakefield, author of A Spiritual Journey) goes beyond theories to create a realistic and compelling portrait of the female soul of a living religion, the story of women who represent a changing Church--one that reflects a diversity of American cultures.
