Mass Exodus: Catholic Disaffiliation in Britain and America Since Vatican II

by Stephen Bullivant

Book Overview

Of those raised Catholic, just 13% still attend Mass weekly, and 37% say they have 'no religion'. But is this all the fault of Vatican II, and its runaway reforms? Or are wider social, cultural, and moral forces primarily to blame?

In 1962, Pope John XXIII opened the Second Vatican Council with the prophecy that 'a new day is dawning on the Church, bathing her in radiant splendour'. Desiring 'to impart an ever increasing vigour...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198866755
• ISBN13: 9780198866756
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.5"