The Church Confronts Modernity: Catholicism Since 1950 in the United States, Ireland, and Quebec

by Leslie Woodcock Tentler

The Church Confronts Modernity assesses the history of Roman Catholicism since 1950 in the United States, the Republic of Ireland, and the Canadian province of Quebec. All three locales in 1950, despite very real differences in terms of economics, politics, and demography, were characterized by an institutionally vibrant Catholicism. Attendance at Mass was remarkably high, as was the frequency with which the laity received the sacraments. Devotional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813214947
• ISBN13: 9780813214948
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"