American Catholicism Transformed: From the Cold War Through the Council

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Joseph P. Chinnici (President Emeritus, President Emeritus, Franciscan School of Theology at the University of San Diego)

American Catholicism Transformed

From the Cold War Through the Council

Joseph P. Chinnici (President Emeritus, President Emeritus, Franciscan School of Theology at the University of San Diego)

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Oxford University Press Inc
24 June 2021

Nature & existence of God; Religious ethics; Religion & politics; History of religion

"Situating the church within the context of post-World War II globalization and the Cold War, American Catholicism Transformed draws on previously untapped archival sources to provide deep background to developments within the American Catholic Church in relationship to American society at large. Shaped by anti-communist sentiment and responsive to American cultural trends, the Catholic community adopted ""strategies of domestic containment,"" stressing the close unity between the Church and the ""American way of life."" A focus on the unchanging character of God's law as expressed in social hierarchies of authority, race, and gender provided a public visage of unity and uniformity. However, the emphasis on American values mainstreamed into the community the political values of personal rights, equality, acceptance of the arms race, and muted the Church's inherited social vision. The result was a deep ambivalence over the forces of secularization.

The Catholic community entered a transitional stage in which ""those on the right"" and ""those on the left"" battled for control of the Church's vision. International networking, reform of religious life among women, international congresses of the laity, the institutionalization of the liturgical movement, and the burgeoning civil right movement positioned the community to receive the Vatican Council in a distinctly American way. During the Second Vatican Council, the American bishops and theological experts gradually adopted the reforming currents of the world-wide Church. This convergence of international and national forces of renewal -- and resistance to them -- says Joseph Chinnici, will continue to shape the American Catholic community's identity in the twenty-first century."

By: Joseph P. Chinnici (President Emeritus President Emeritus Franciscan School of Theology at the University of San Diego)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 160mm, Width: 241mm, Spine: 31mm
Weight: 885g
ISBN: 9780197573006
ISBN 10: 0197573002
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 24 June 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joseph P. Chinnici is President Emeritus of the Franciscan School of Theology at the University of San Diego and continues to teach there. He dedicated his life as a Franciscan priest to the education of graduate students for ministry.