Roman Catholic beliefs in England : customary Catholicism and transformations of religious authority / Michael P. Hornsby-Smith
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1991. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #397892
ISBN: 0521363276
Physical description; xii, 265 pages. Notes; Bibliography : p.[240]-249. - Includes index. Contents; I. Introduction -- 1. From identity to commitment -- beliefs and belonging -- social and religious context -- research aims -- data sources -- outline of book -- 2. Varieties of Catholic accounts -- methodological problems -- comparative approaches -- a typology of Catholic accounts -- consistency, coherence and complexity -- conclusions -- II. The Religious Beliefs of English Catholics -- 3. The everyday lives of lay Catholics -- an exploratory study -- the lay vocation -- coping with everyday dilemmas -- lay experience of support -- lay spirituality -- concluding reflections -- 4. The religion of core laity -- introduction -- the teaching of the Church -- images of God -- beliefs and practices -- social morality -- personal morality -- concluding reflections -- 5. The customary religion of ordinary Catholics -- introduction -- customary religion -- images of God -- heaven, hell and life after death -- personal prayer -- customary and popular Catholicisms -- III. Transformations of Religious Authority -- 6. The pope's paradoxical people -- introduction -- the pope's visit: a special event -- the pope's leadership style -- papal teaching and authority -- paradoxical Catholics? -- 7. Core Catholics, conflict and contestation -- introduction -- Houtart's analysis of contestation -- responses to ecclesiastical authority -- transformations of religious authority -- 8. Ordinary Catholics and personal morality -- introduction -- contraception -- abortion -- divorce -- the loss of clerical authority -- 9. English Catholics and religious authority -- Weberian perspectives -- legal-rational authority -- traditional authority -- charismatic authority -- empirical combinations -- Etzioni's analysis of compliance -- concluding reflections -- 10. Religious pluralism and secularism -- introduction -- pluralism of belief -- pluralism of legitimations of religious authority -- the secularization of English Catholicism? Subjects; Catholic Church England History 20th century. Catholic Church England Teaching office. Catholic Church Great Britain. Religion and sociology England History 20th century. Catholics England Attitudes. Catholics England Religious life. Manners and customs. Religion and sociology.
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