Millennial Missionaries - How a Group of Young Catholics Is Trying to Make Catholicism Cool

List of contents

• Acknowledgments


• Introduction. #MishLife: Millennial, Catholic, and Proud


• Chapter 1. The Making of Twenty-First Century Catholic Evangelization


• Chapter 2. "Hanging out with Jesus:" Becoming Millennial Missionaries


• Chapter 3. "Be Saints!" Remixing Devotionalism


• Chapter 4. "Feminine Genius" and "Authentic Masculinity:" Cultivating Habits of Catholic Gender


• Chapter 5. "Guard Your Heart!" Embodying Catholic Romance


• Chapter 6. "Party On:" Creating a Dynamically Orthodox Catholic Culture


• Conclusion."'Go, Set the World on Fire!'" FOCUS and U.S. Catholicism


• Bibliography

About the author

Katherine Dugan is Assistant Professor of Religion at Springfield College, where she teaches courses on religion in the U.S., world religions, and global Catholicism. She holds a PhD in Religious Studies from Northwestern University and an MTS from Harvard Divinity School. Her work is on American Religions with a specialization in contemporary Catholicism.

Summary

Illuminating the ways missionaries are reshaping American Catholic identity, Katherine Dugan explores the contemporary U.S. religious landscape from the perspective of millennials who proudly proclaim "I am Catholic"-and devote years of their lives to convincing others to do the same.

Product details

• Authors: Katherine Dugan, Katherine (Assistant Professor of Religion Dugan
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9780190875961
• ISBN: 978-0-19-087596-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Sociology, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Christianity / Denominations, Christian life & practice, Christian Churches & denominations, Christian Churches, denominations, groups, Christian life and practice, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, RELIGION / Christian Living / General