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Zusatztext Mary Ellen Konieczny paints a powerful portrait of the moral divides over social justice, sex, motherhood, and marriage now separating liberal from conservative Catholics in America. This book deftly explains the social, religious and cultural roots of these moral divisions, which promise to grow more salient as conservative Catholics gain more power within the Catholic Church and liberal Catholics continue to identify with progressive social positions that put them at odds with the Catholic hierarchy. This is the best book I have read on the cultural conflicts now dividing contemporary Christianity in America. Informationen zum Autor Mary Ellen Konieczny is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Faculty Fellow at the Center for the Study of Religion and Society at the University of Notre Dame. Her research interests revolve around the broad themes of religion and family life and religion in American democracy, and in how culture in local contexts intersect with discourse and politics in the public sphere. Klappentext Through detailed ethnographic analysis of one conservative and one progressive parish, this book reveals how church metaphors and religious identities matter to parishioners' marriages, childrearing, and work-family balance; connect everyday life with public politics; and unintentionally fragment the Catholic tradition. "Mary Ellen Konieczny paints a powerful portrait of the moral divides over social justice, sex, motherhood, and marriage now separating liberal from conservative Catholics in America. This book deftly explains the social, religious and cultural roots of these moral divisions, which promise to grow more salient as conservative Catholics gain more power within the Catholic Church and liberal Catholics continue to identify with progressive social positions that put them at odds with the Catholic hierarchy. This is the best book I have read on the cultural conflicts now dividing contemporary Christianity in America."--W. Bradford Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia "Possessing a keen eye for telling detail and a talent for clear prose, Mary Ellen Konieczny has crafted a profoundly sensitive inquiry into the role religion can play in processes of moral polarization."-Loren D. Lybarger, Associate Professor of Classics and World Religions, Ohio University, Athens Zusammenfassung Through detailed ethnographic analysis of one conservative and one progressive parish, this book reveals how church metaphors and religious identities matter to parishioners' marriages, childrearing, and work-family balance; connect everyday life with public politics; and unintentionally fragment the Catholic tradition. CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; INTRODUCTION ; PART 1: THE CHURCHES ; CHAPTER 1: WORSHIP ; CHAPTER 2: BELONGING ; PART 2: THE FAMILIES ; CHAPTER 3: MARRIAGE ; CHAPTER 4: CHILDREN ; CHAPTER 5: WORK ; CONCLUSION: RELIGION, MORAL POLARIZATION, AND THE FRAGMENTATION OF TRADITION TABLES ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ...
