Catholicism at a Crossroads – The Present and Future of America′s Largest Churc…

Catholicism at a CrossroadsThe Present and Future of America's Largest Church\nAuthor(s): Maureen K. Day, James C. Cavendish, Paul M. Perl, Michele Dillon, Mary L. Gautier, William V. D'Antonio\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9781479832170, 978-1479832170\nSynopsis\nOffers a big picture analysis of American Catholicism\n The 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.\n The latest in a series of important sociological overviews drawing on.