From Without the Flaminian Gate

by McClelland, V. Alan; Hodgetts, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780232521771
• ISBN10: 0232521778
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Darton Longman & Todd Ltd

Summary

Distinguished contributors commemorate the 150th anniversary of the restoration of the Catholic hierarchy. The book begins with three overview chapters covering 1840-1892, 1892-1943, and 1943 to the year 2000. There follow thematic essays on subjects such as Catholics and popular culture, Catholics and politics, seminary training and the priesthood, the religious life, lay apostolate, education, marriage and family life, and Catholics and art.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
Introduction	xi
Contributors	xv
The Formative Years, 1850--92	1	(20)
V. Alan McClelland
The Years of Equipoise, 1892--1943	21	(41)
Sheridan Gilley
Seminaries and Priestly Formation	62	(22)
Michael E. Williams
The Iron Form: Catholics and Philosophy Between the Councils	84	(24)
Michael Hodgetts
Religious Life for Women	108	(34)
Susan O'Brien
Religious Life for Men	142	(25)
D. Aidan Bellenger
`Who Are the Laity?'	167	(25)
James Pereiro
Family and Marriage	192	(25)
Peter Doyle
A View from the Bridge: The Catholic School	217	(28)
Maurice Whitehead
Catholics and Politics	245	(27)
Jeffrey P. von Arx
The Catholic Church in Wales	272	(23)
Daniel J. Mullins
The Catholic Literary Revival	295	(25)
Joseph Pearce
The Catholic Cultural Contribution: Architecture, Art, Liturgy and Music	320	(26)
Edward Yarnold
Catholics, Society and Popular Culture	346	(25)
Michael J. Walsh
Faith in Crisis: From Holocaust to Hope, 1943--2000	371	(29)
Edward Hulmes
Index of Proper Names	400