David Yamane

Becoming Catholic

Finding Rome in the American Religious Landscape

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Produktbeschreibung

Catholic converts collectively are 2.6 percent of the U.S. adult population; together these 5.85 million individuals would comprise the fifth largest religious body in America, just behind the Mormon Church. In Becoming Catholic, David A. Yamane offers the first book-length study of Roman Catholic converts in contemporary America.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780199964987
• ISBN-10: 019996498X
• Artikelnr.: 39701160

Autorenporträt

David A. Yamane is Associate Professor of Sociology at Wake Forest University.

Inhaltsangabe

* Acknowledgments
* Notes on Terminology and Sources
* Introduction: Becoming Catholic in America
* 1. Vatican II and the Reinvention of Adult Initiation
* Prelude - Diane Gall: Finding a Home in Catholicism
* 2. The Circumstantial Convert as Moral Actor
* Prelude - St. Mary's and St. Mark's: A Tale of Two Parishes
* 3. Visions of Catholicism in RCIA Catechesis
* Prelude - The Rite of Election: Through the Cathedral to Purification
and Enlightenment
* 4. Liturgy, Experience, and Formation
* Prelude - St. Innocent: ''A People Destined For Heaven Is Born
Here From Holy Seed''
* 5. Objective and Subjective Incorporation through the Sacraments of
Initiation
* Prelude - Mystagogy: The End and The Beginning
* 6. The Difference It Makes
* Conclusion: Catholic Initiation as . . .
* Notes
* Index