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Habits of Devotion

Habits of Devotion

Catholic Religious Practice in Twentieth-Century America

by James M. O'Toole
Paperback
Publication Date: 06/04/2005

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"For generations, American Catholics ...lived out their faith through countless unremarkable routines. Deep questions of theology usually meant little to them, but parishioners clung to deeply ingrained habits of devotion, both public and private. Particular devotions changed over time, waxing or waning in popularity, but the habits endured: going to mass on Sunday, saying prayers privately and teaching their children to do the same, filling their homes with crucifixes and other religious images, participating in special services, blending the church's calendar of feast and fast days with the secular cycles of work and citizenship, negotiating their conformity (or not) to the church's demands regarding sexual behavior and even diet ...It was religious practice, carried out in daily and weekly observance, that embodied their faith, more than any abstract set of dogmas."-from the Introduction In Habits of Devotion, four senior scholars take the measure of the central religious practices and devotions that by the middle of the twentieth century defined the "ordinary, week-to-week religion" of the majority of American Catholics.
Their essays investigate prayer, devotion to Mary, confession, and the Eucharist as practiced by Catholics in the United States before and shortly after the Second Vatican Council. Contributors: Joseph P. Chinnic, O.F.M., Franciscan School of Theology; Paula M. Kane, University of Pittsburgh; Margaret M. McGuinness, Cabrini College; James M. O'Toole, Boston College
ISBN:
9780801472558
9780801472558
Category:
Roman Catholicism
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
06-04-2005
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cornell University Press
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
298
Dimensions (mm):
235x155x18mm
Weight:
0.45kg

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