Catholic Identity: Balancing Reason, Faith, and Power

by Michele Dillon and Dillon Michele

Book Overview

It has been well documented that American Catholics tend to be Catholics on their own terms, or choose to remain Catholic while selectively embracing official Church doctrine. But why do Catholics who disagree with official Church teachings on major issues such as homosexuality, women's ordination, or abortion, and are thus institutionally marginalized, choose to remain Catholic? Why do they stay, when the cost of staying and being stigmatized would...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052163959X
• ISBN13: 9780521639590
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"