American Catholics, American Culture Tradition and Resistance

by Steinfels, Margaret O'Brien; Steinfels, Peter; Royal, Robert; Bottum, J; Buckley, Gail; Callahan, Daniel; Dillon, Michele; Doerflinger, Richard M.; Donohue, William; Doyle, Brian; Doyle, Kenneth J.; Elie, Paul; Fisher, James T.; Greeley, Andrew M.; Johnso

• ISBN13: 9780742531604
• ISBN10: 0742531600
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-03-12
• Publisher: Sheed & Ward

Summary

American Catholics, American Culture: Tradition and Resistance, is introduced by Peter Steinfels and Robert Royal. Part One, Against the Grain, explores the philosophical and practical differences between Catholicism and American culture on issues

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	xi
Peter Steinfels and Robert Royal
Part 1: Against the Grain	1	(98)
Catholics in America: Antipathy and Assimilation	3	(24)
John T. McGreevy
Abortion, Sexuality, and Catholicism's Public Presence	27	(12)
Luke Timothy Johnson
Connecting Sexuality, Marriage, Family, and Children: A Response	39	(4)
Barbara Dafoe Whitehead
The Complexities and Ambiguities of the "Prophetic Dimension": A Response	43	(6)
Susan A. Ross
The Pro-Life Message and Catholic Social Teaching: Problems of Reception	49	(10)
Richard M. Doerflinger
The Strengths and Weaknesses of the Pro-Life Agenda: A Response	59	(12)
Mary C. Segers
The Abortion Debate: Good for the Church and Good for American Society	71	(5)
Michele Dillon
Killing Yourself Physician-Assisted Suicide in Oregon	76	(23)
Brian Doyle
Part 2: Popular Culture and Literature	99	(50)
Catholicism as American Popular Culture	101	(11)
James T. Fisher
"As If in Prayer": A Response to "Catholicism as American Popular Culture"	112	(7)
Mark Massa
The Last Catholic Writer in America?	119	(10)
Paul Elie
Being a Writer, Being a Catholic: Sometimes the Twain Can Meet	129	(6)
Valerie Sayers
The Press and the Church's Social Teaching: Friends or Foes?	135	(10)
Kenneth J. Doyle
Assertions, Not Reasons: A Response	145	(10)
J. Bottum
Part 3: Anti-Catholicism: The Last Acceptable Prejudice?	149	(42)
Mark Massa
Anti-Catholicism in the United States: The View from History	155	(7)
John T. McGreevy
An Ugly Little Secret Revisited: A Pretest on Anti-Catholicism in America	162	(7)
Andrew M. Greeley
Anti-Catholicism: The Last Acceptable Prejudice? Yes	169	(5)
Kenneth L. Woodward
Anti-Catholicism: The Last Acceptable Prejudice? No	174	(4)
Mark Silk
Voices from the Field: A Panel Discussion	178	(13)
Gail Buckley, Daniel Callahan, William Donohue, Paul Moses, Alan Wolfe
Index	191	(10)
About the Contributors	201