The Culture of Bible Belt Catholics

by Anderson, Jon W.; Friend, William B.

• ISBN13: 9780809135745
• ISBN10: 0809135744
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-07-01
• Publisher: Paulist Pr

Summary

This book is the outgrowth of a research project attempting to identify the cultural characteristics of Roman Catholics in the Bible Belt South - the area from Virginia to eastern Texas and Oklahoma in which Catholics make up less than 4 percent of the population. The researchers wanted to know, How are these Catholics different from Catholics elsewhere in the United States? Does their expression of Catholicism have unique features? What must their clergy - who for the most part are not native to the region - learn about the culture in order to become effective ministers?

Author Biography

Jon W. Anderson is associate professor of anthropology at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
An Ethnographic Overview of Cultural Differences of Bible Belt Catholics	p. 9
Pastoral Reflections on Cultural Differences of Bible Belt Catholics	p. 32
Theological Reflections on an Anthropological Study of Bible Belt Catholics and their Culture	p. 45
Catholic Imagination and Inflections of "Church" in the Contemporary South	p. 79
Metaphors of Church and Community in Central Texas Catholic Gatherings	p. 133
Catholic Aesthetics in the South: An Anthropological Approximation	p. 161
A Cultural Reading of Literature on the Catholic Church in the South	p. 234
Annotated Bibliography of Literature Relevant to Catholic Southerners	p. 252
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