The Catholic revolution : new wine, old wineskins, and the Second Vatican Council /

Publisher's description: How, a mere generation after Vatican Council II initiated the biggest reform since the Reformation, can the Catholic Church be in such deep trouble? The question resonates through this new book by Andrew Greeley, the most recognized, respected, and influential commentat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Greeley, Andrew M., 1928-2013
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=108474
Table of Contents:
  • A Catholic revolution
  • The "confident" church
  • The wineskins burst
  • What happened?
  • "Effervescence" spreads from the council to the world
  • How do they stay?
  • New rules, new prophets, and beige Catholicism
  • Only in America?
  • Why they stay
  • Priests
  • Recovering the Catholic heritage
  • Religious education and beauty
  • Authority as charm
  • Liturgists and the laity.