Roman Catholic Beliefs in England: Customary Catholicism and Transformations of Religious Authority

by Michael P. Hornsby-Smith

Book Overview

Michael Hornsby-Smith examines the religious transformations that have occurred among English Catholics since the Second Vatican Council of 1962-65. He explores the meanings English Catholics attach to being Roman Catholic and to Catholic beliefs over a range of concerns from doctrinal matters to questions of personal and social morality. He also examines the legitimacy accorded by English Catholics to both papal authority and religious authority...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521093279
• ISBN13: 9780521093279
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"