American Catholics Today

New Realities of Their Faith and Their Church

• Author(s): William V. D'Antonio,
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Pages: 204
• ISBN_10: 0742552152
  ISBN_13: 9780742552159
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Religion / Christianity / Catholic , Religion / Christian Church / History , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Sociology of Religion ,

Description:... This volume interprets 18 years of gathered evidence and prognostications about the next generation of Catholicism in America. Gallup polls were conducted in 1987, 1993, 1999, and 2005 focusing on trends in Catholic thinking. The authors studied how Catholics participate in their faith and what attitudes characterize their practice. They offer evidence that American Catholicism is changing in the minds and hearts of every Catholic congregation. Blind adherence to statements and directives from church hierarchy is being supplanted by intelligent and socially committed folks taking responsibility for their own faith development. This book suggests that the future will see more Catholics making decisions about their own faith and fewer Catholics who are fervently committed to church life.