Deep Down Things Essays on Catholic Culture

by Cirincione, Joseph A.; Chalberg, John C.; Hancock, Curtis L.; Hansen, Ron; Janet, Richard J.; LaCroix, Wilfred, S.J.; Madigan, M Kathleen; McDevitt, Michael V.; Miller, Gerald L.; Miller, Patricia Cleary; Turner, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780739123546
• ISBN10: 0739123548
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-28
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

Deep Down Things explores common threads that characterize Catholicism. The contributors look successively at Catholic culture and everyday life of the parish and of work, Catholic culture and the imaginative life of poets and fiction writers, and Catholic culture and postmodern life where individual conscience, skepticism, and relativism challenge Church authority and faith itself. They do so while looking for foundational components that persist and comprise a culture that Catholics recognize regardless of their diverse ethnicities, geographic locations, or historical epochs. The authors of this collection have aimed to inspire both Catholics and non-Catholics alike, inside and outside the academic community, to deepen their own knowledge and appreciation of the Christian tradition generally and Catholic culture particularly. They hope to encourage sincere and open dialogue about Catholic culture (in the best tradition of Catholic thought) both to further the inquiry after truth and to enhance fruitful reflection upon Catholic culture and its contributions over time and across cultures.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Catholic Culture and Everyday Life
Catholic Initiation or Christian Initiation of Adults?	p. 3
The Idea of the Parish	p. 13
For the Laborer Is Worthy of His Hire	p. 31
Catholic Culture and the Imaginative Life
Writing as Sacrament	p. 51
Catholic Poetry: An Essai in Definition	p. 59
Chesterton's Catholic Imagination	p. 75
The Sacramental and Twentieth-Century French Literature	p. 93
Catholic Culture and Postmodern Life
John Dryden's Journey to Rome: Church Authority and Catholic Culture	p. 109
Today's Ethicist and the Development of Catholic Moral Doctrine	p. 125
Philosophy and the Struggle for the Soul of Western Culture	p. 143
Ultimate Ends
Is There a Catholic Culture?	p. 161
Index	p. 175
About the Contributors	p. 183
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