Catholicism at a Crossroads: The Present and Future of America's Largest Church

by Paul M. Perl, James C. Cavendish, Maureen K. Day

Offers a big picture analysis of American Catholicism

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479832189
• ISBN13: 9781479832187
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 336 Pages