American Parishes - Remaking Local Catholicism

Between individual Catholics and a global institution, thousands of local parishes remake Catholicism each day. With fresh data and sociological methods, this book shows how parishes are shaped by community, geography, and authority; how parishes respond to diversity and change; and how parishes worship and educate for the future of Catholicism.

List of contents

Introduction: What Is a Parish? Why Look at Catholic Parishes?

Gary J. Adler Jr., Tricia C. Bruce, and Brian Starks | 1

Part I : Seeing Parishes Through a Sociological Lens

1. A Brief History of the Sociology of Parishes in the United States

Tricia C. Bruce | 25

2. Studying Parishes: Lessons and New Directions from the Study of Congregations

Nancy T. Ammerman | 47

Part II: Parish Trends

3. The Shifting Landscape of US Catholic Parishes, 1998-2012

Gary J. Adler Jr. | 69

4. Stable Transformation: Catholic Parishioners in the United States

Mark M. Gray | 95

Part III: Race, Class, and Diversity in Parish Life

5. Power in the Parish

Brett C. Hoover | 111

6. Liturgy as Identity Work in Predominantly African American Parishes

Tia Noelle Pratt | 132

7. A House Divided

Mary Jo Bane | 153

Part IV: Young Catholics In (and Out) of Parishes

8. Parishes as Homes and Hubs

Kathleen Garces-Foley | 173

9. Preparing to Say "I Do"

Courtney Ann Irby | 196

Part V : The Practice and Future of a Sociology of Catholic Parishes

10. A Sociologist Looks at His Own Parish: A Conversation with John A. Coleman, SJ

John A. Coleman, SJ, with editors Gary J. Adler Jr., Tricia C. Bruce, and Brian Starks | 217

Conclusion: Parishes as the Embedded Middle of American Catholicism

Gary J. Adler Jr., Tricia C. Bruce, and Brian Starks | 231

Acknowledgments | 247

List of Contributors | 249

Index | 253

About the author

Gary J. Adler, Jr. (Edited By)

Gary J. Adler, Jr. is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Pennsylvania State University.

Tricia C. Bruce (Edited By)

Tricia C. Bruce is Associate Professor of Sociology at Maryville College and the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Brian Starks (Edited By)

Brian Starks is Associate Professor of Sociology at Kennesaw State University.

Summary

Between individual Catholics and a global institution, thousands of local parishes remake Catholicism each day. With fresh data and sociological methods, this book shows how parishes are shaped by community, geography, and authority; how parishes respond to diversity and change; and how parishes worship and educate for the future of Catholicism.

Product details

• Authors: Gary J. Adler, Gary J. Bruce Adler, Jr. Adler
• Assisted by: Gary J. Adler (Editor), Jr. Adler (Editor), Jr. Gary J. Adler (Editor), Gary J. Adler Jr (Editor), Tricia C. Bruce (Editor), Brian Starks (Editor)
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9780823284344
• ISBN: 978-0-8232-8434-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Catholic Practice in North Ame; Catholic Practice in North Ame; Catholic Practice in North America
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)