Other Catholics - Remaking America''s Largest Religion

The Other Catholics recounts the remarkable history and current activity of independent Catholics. Julie Byrne focuses on the Church of Antioch, one of the first Catholic groups to ordain women in modern times, to explain how these understudied churches change the narrative of modern Catholicism.

List of contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Other Catholics
Part I. Catholic
1. Weeping and Woo-Woo: Observing Independent Catholicism in America
Part II. Succession
2. Mission and Metamorphosis: Narrating Modern Catholic History
3. Love and Meta-Catholicism: Founding the Church of Antioch
Part III. Sacraments and Saints
4. Dance and Balance: Leading American Independents
5. Mix and Mysticism: Experimenting with US Catholicism
6. Sacraments and Saints: Hearing a New Call
Conclusion: All Catholics
Appendix: Independent Catholicism Survey
Notes
Primary Sources
Index

About the author

Julie Byrne is professor of religion and the Monsignor Thomas J. Hartman Chair in Catholic Studies at Hofstra University. She is the author of O God of Players: The Story of the Immaculata Mighty Macs (Columbia, 2003).

Summary

The Other Catholics recounts the remarkable history and current activity of independent Catholics. Julie Byrne focuses on the Church of Antioch, one of the first Catholic groups to ordain women in modern times, to explain how these understudied churches change the narrative of modern Catholicism.

Product details

• Authors: Julie Byrne, Julie (Msgr. Thomas J. Hartman Chair for Ca Byrne, Julie (Msgr. Thomas J. Hartman Chair for Catholic Studies) Byrne
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.05.2016
• EAN: 9780231166768
• ISBN: 978-0-231-16676-8
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; USA, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, United States of America, USA, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church