Catholic Lives, Contemporary America

by Ferraro, Thomas J.; Orsi, Robert A. (CON); Gordon, Mary (CON); Fisher, James T. (CON)

• ISBN13: 9780822320432
• ISBN10: 0822320436
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-12-01
• Publisher: Duke Univ Pr

Summary

What does it mean to be-or to have been raised-Catholic in America today, now that formally nonpracticing Catholics outnumber the memberships of any other single denomination?Catholic Lives, Contemporary Americais a collection of informed and spirited essays focusing on Catholic lay practices not commonly recognized or, at times, officially sanctioned. For the formidable array of scholars and writers gathered here, being Catholic is not simply a matter of going to confession or attending Mass, and Catholicismrs"s contributions to American cultural identity remain open to question. Edited and with an introduction by Thomas J. Ferraro,Catholic Lives, Contemporary Americaoffers a banquet of essays and interviews, at once subtle and accessible, treating American Catholic lives and legacies with compassion and flair.Contributors. Patrick Allitt, Paul Crowley, Thomas J. Ferraro, James T. Fisher, Paul Giles, Mary Gordon, Stanley Hauerwas, Frank Lentricchia, Robert A. Orsi, Camille Paglia, David Plante, Richard Rodriguez, Kathy Rudy, Andrew Sullivan, Mary Jo Weaver

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Not-Just-Cultural Catholics

"Mildred, is it fun to be a cripple?": The Culture of Suffering in Mid-Twentieth-Century American Catholicism

Father Chuck: A Reading of Going My Way and The Bells of St. Mary's, or Why Priests Made Us Crazy

Clearing the Streets of the Catholic Lost Generation

Making It to Mepkin Abbey

The Intertextual Politics of Cultural Catholicism: Tiepolo, Madonna, Scorsese

The Bitter Victory: Catholic Conservative Intellectuals in America, 1988-1993

Virtually Normal

Feminists and Patriarchs at the Catholic Church: Orthodoxy and Its Discontents

The Double-Effect/Proportionalist Debate

My Parents, My Religion, and My Writing

A Homage to Mart and to the University Called Notre Dame

A Pornographic Nun: An Interview with Camille Paglia

An Ancient Catholic: An Interview with Richard Rodriguez

Contributors

Index

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