{"product_id":"catholicism-at-a-crossroads-the-present-and-future-of-americas-largest-church-hardcover","title":"Catholicism at a Crossroads: The Present and Future of America's Largest Church - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaureen K. Day\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames C. Cavendish\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePaul M. Perl\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOffers a big picture analysis of American Catholicism\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Catholic Church is at a crossroads. In the United States alone there are many challenges facing the church that are both internal and external to the institution. With the rise of the growing Gen Z population and the diminishing of the pre-Vatican II generation, gone are the days of a patriarchal, \"father knows best\" religious obedience. Indeed, as issues of gender, race, reproductive rights, and non-nuclear families have risen in prominence, the Catholic Church has had to adapt to keep pace with the times. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe latest in a series of important sociological overviews drawing on nation-wide surveys administered every six years, \u003ci\u003eCatholicism at a Crossroads\u003c\/i\u003e charts this new era of Catholic worship, belonging, and identity in America today. Augmenting the survey data for the first time with over fifty interviews with lay and ordained US Catholic leaders, the book illustrates how the church has adapted to Pope Francis's modern papacy, the rise of religious non-affiliation, and various demographic changes including an increasing Hispanic population. Addressing how the church is responding to recent cultural challenges presented by political polarization, racial unrest, and threats to democracy, \u003ci\u003eCatholicism at a Crossroads\u003c\/i\u003e offers an up-to-date, nuanced, and definitive portrait of American Catholicism in the twenty-first century while also providing discussions of how the findings may be relevant for the study of American religion more broadly.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaureen K. Day (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Maureen K. Day is a Research Affiliate at the University of Southern California's Center for Religion and Civic Culture and Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies and author of Catholic Activism Today: Individual Transformation and the Struggle for Social Justice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames C. Cavendish (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJames C. Cavendish\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of South Florida and past President and past Executive Officer of the Association for the Sociology of Religion.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul M. Perl (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePaul M. Perl\u003c\/b\u003e is Sociologist at the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eSame Call, Different Men\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichele Dillon (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichele Dillon\u003c\/b\u003e is Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and the Class of 1944 Professor of Sociology at the University of New Hampshire and the author of \u003ci\u003ePostsecular Catholicism: Relevance and Renewal\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary L. Gautier (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMary L. Gautier\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Research Associate Emerita at the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eGod's Call is Everywhere: A Global Analysis of Contemporary Religious Vocations for Women\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam V. D'Antonio (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWilliam V. D'Antonio\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus at the Catholic University of America and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Catholics in Transition\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42702199816255,"sku":"9781479832170","price":178.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/319bf4a70a197f6040ce5003c28da436.webp?v=1765023537","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/catholicism-at-a-crossroads-the-present-and-future-of-americas-largest-church-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}