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Author: Peter McDonough (Professor of Political Science Emeritus, Professor of Political Science Emeritus, Arizona State University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 16.40cm
, Height: 3.20cm
, Length: 23.60cm
Weight: 0.662kg
ISBN: 9780199751181
ISBN 10: 0199751188
Pages: 408
Publication Date: 08 August 2013
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
McDonough's acute understanding of institutional structure and organizational dynamics is at work throughout....For those invested in the American church's future, it is a sobering and valuable read, though not an especially heartening one. --AmericaMcDonough s book...provides significant insights into the internal dynamics of contemporary American Catholicism...Recommended. --CHOICE With an especially good summary and critique of conservative doctrine... McDonough's work will appeal to anyone interested in American Catholic history or the state of the church. -- Library Journal Peter McDonough brings the perceptive eye of a social scientist and a broad and deep knowledge in many areas to his very significant study of the fractured cultural and intellectual landscape that today is the 'Catholic labyrinth'. Not all will agree with his analysis, but everyone in the Catholic Church-conservatives, liberals, and radicals-will be enlightened and challenged by this book. -- Charles E. Curran, author of The Development of Moral Theology: Five Distinctive Strands Peter McDonough creatively and constructively analyzes the 'Catholic labyrinth' that is his familiar cultural home and his scholarly preoccupation. His subject is a 'paradigm shift in the politics of Catholic belief ' which he mines from multiple perspectives. He helps us understand why Vatican II reformers have not prospered, conservatives are doing only a bit better, and the outcome will most likely feature a not very inspiring 'better engineered if not altogether accommodating hierarchy.' Catholics and their church are important, and so is this book. -- David J. O'Brien, Professor Emeritus and Loyola Professor of Roman Catholic Studies, College of the Holy Cross Social scientist Peter McDonough explores the activities of some major organizations and individuals currently calling for change in the Catholic Church in the United States, and presents voices
In The Catholic Labyrinth: Power, Apathy, and a Passion for Reform in the American Church, [McDonough] compels a close examination of not only what has inhibited a certain level of change in the past but is likely to do so in the foreseeable future. In doing so he strikes at the heart of the argument that, guided by the Holy Spirit, laity and clergy will come together to take back their church. --Douglass McFerran, Los Angeles Pierce College McDonough's acute understanding of institutional structure and organizational dynamics is at work throughout....For those invested in the American church's future, it is a sobering and valuable read, though not an especially heartening one. --America McDonough s book...provides significant insights into the internal dynamics of contemporary American Catholicism...Recommended. --CHOICE With an especially good summary and critique of conservative doctrine... McDonough's work will appeal to anyone interested in American Catholic history or the state of the church. -- Library Journal Peter McDonough brings the perceptive eye of a social scientist and a broad and deep knowledge in many areas to his very significant study of the fractured cultural and intellectual landscape that today is the 'Catholic labyrinth'. Not all will agree with his analysis, but everyone in the Catholic Church-conservatives, liberals, and radicals-will be enlightened and challenged by this book. -- Charles E. Curran, author of The Development of Moral Theology: Five Distinctive Strands Peter McDonough creatively and constructively analyzes the 'Catholic labyrinth' that is his familiar cultural home and his scholarly preoccupation. His subject is a 'paradigm shift in the politics of Catholic belief ' which he mines from multiple perspectives. He helps us understand why Vatican II reformers have not prospered, conservatives are doing only a bit better, and the outcome will most likely feature a not very in
<br> With an especially good summary and critique of conservative doctrine... McDonough's work will appeal to anyone interested in American Catholic history or the state of the church. -- Library Journal<p><br> Peter McDonough brings the perceptive eye of a social scientist and a broad and deep knowledge in many areas to his very significant study of the fractured cultural and intellectual landscape that today is the 'Catholic labyrinth'. Not all will agree with his analysis, but everyone in the Catholic Church-conservatives, liberals, and radicals-will be enlightened and challenged by this book. -- Charles E. Curran, author of The Development of Moral Theology: Five Distinctive Strands<br><p><br> Peter McDonough creatively and constructively analyzes the 'Catholic labyrinth' that is his familiar cultural home and his scholarly preoccupation. His subject is a 'paradigm shift in the politics of Catholic belief ' which he mines from multiple perspectives. He helps us understand why Vatican II reformers have not prospered, conservatives are doing only a bit better, and the outcome will most likely feature a not very inspiring 'better <br>engineered if not altogether accommodating hierarchy.' Catholics and their church are important, and so is this book. -- David J. O'Brien, Professor Emeritus and Loyola Professor of Roman Catholic Studies, College of the Holy Cross <br><p><br> Social scientist Peter McDonough explores the activities of some major organizations and individuals currently calling for change in the Catholic Church in the United States, and presents voices from right, left, and center that sound a common chorus: reform. Just about anyone will find something provocative on a walk around the 'Catholic labyrinth.' -- Phyllis Zagano, Senior Research Associate-in-Residence, Hofstra University <br><p><br>
""An informative and intellectually challenging monograph that engages the topic of reform in the American Catholic Church.... Balanced in his approach, yet presenting a clear message for the necessity of change for the church to remain viable in American society today, Professor McDonough has made an insightful addition to the literature exploring American Catholic life....A must read for those concerned about the state of American Catholicism today.""--Church History ""[A] remarkably provocative book.""--National Catholic Reporter ""In The Catholic Labyrinth: Power, Apathy, and a Passion for Reform in the American Church , [McDonough] compels a close examination of not only what has inhibited a certain level of change in the past but is likely to do so in the foreseeable future. In doing so he strikes at the heart of the argument that, guided by the Holy Spirit, laity and clergy will come together to ""take back"" their church."" --Douglass McFerran, Los Angeles Pierce College ""McDonough's acute understanding of institutional structure and organizational dynamics is at work throughout....For those invested in the American church's future, it is a sobering and valuable read, though not an especially heartening one."" --America ""McDonough s book...provides significant insights into the internal dynamics of contemporary American Catholicism...Recommended."" --CHOICE ""With an especially good summary and critique of conservative doctrine... McDonough's work will appeal to anyone interested in American Catholic history or the state of the church."" -- Library Journal ""Peter McDonough brings the perceptive eye of a social scientist and a broad and deep knowledge in many areas to his very significant study of the fractured cultural and intellectual landscape that today is the 'Catholic labyrinth'. Not all will agree with his analysis, but everyone in the Catholic Church-conservatives, liberals, and radicals-will be enlightened and challenged by this book."" -- Charles E. Curran, author of The Development of Moral Theology: Five Distinctive Strands ""Peter McDonough creatively and constructively analyzes the 'Catholic labyrinth' that is his familiar cultural home and his scholarly preoccupation. His subject is a 'paradigm shift in the politics of Catholic belief ' which he mines from multiple perspectives. He helps us understand why Vatican II reformers have not prospered, conservatives are doing only a bit better, and the outcome will most likely feature a not very inspiring 'better engineered if not altogether accommodating hierarchy.' Catholics and their church are important, and so is this book."" -- David J. O'Brien, Professor Emeritus and Loyola Professor of Roman Catholic Studies, College of the Holy Cross ""Social scientist Peter McDonough explores the activities of some major organizations and individuals currently calling for change in the Catholic Church in the United States, and presents voices from right, left, and center that sound a common chorus: reform. Just about anyone will find something provocative on a walk around the 'Catholic labyrinth.'"" -- Phyllis Zagano, Senior Research Associate-in-Residence, Hofstra University ""...[A] sobering, provocative, and learned yet valuable take on the current state and possible renewal of American Catholicism."" --Theological Studies
McDonough's acute understanding of institutional structure and organizational dynamics is at work throughout....For those invested in the American church's future, it is a sobering and valuable read, though not an especially heartening one. --America With an especially good summary and critique of conservative doctrine... McDonough's work will appeal to anyone interested in American Catholic history or the state of the church. -- Library Journal Peter McDonough brings the perceptive eye of a social scientist and a broad and deep knowledge in many areas to his very significant study of the fractured cultural and intellectual landscape that today is the 'Catholic labyrinth'. Not all will agree with his analysis, but everyone in the Catholic Church-conservatives, liberals, and radicals-will be enlightened and challenged by this book. -- Charles E. Curran, author of The Development of Moral Theology: Five Distinctive Strands Peter McDonough creatively and constructively analyzes the 'Catholic labyrinth' that is his familiar cultural home and his scholarly preoccupation. His subject is a 'paradigm shift in the politics of Catholic belief ' which he mines from multiple perspectives. He helps us understand why Vatican II reformers have not prospered, conservatives are doing only a bit better, and the outcome will most likely feature a not very inspiring 'better engineered if not altogether accommodating hierarchy.' Catholics and their church are important, and so is this book. -- David J. O'Brien, Professor Emeritus and Loyola Professor of Roman Catholic Studies, College of the Holy Cross Social scientist Peter McDonough explores the activities of some major organizations and individuals currently calling for change in the Catholic Church in the United States, and presents voices from right, left, and center that sound a common chorus: reform. Just about anyone will find something provocative on a walk around the 'Catholic
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Twice a Fulbright fellow, Peter McDonough has also been a National Endowment for the Humanities fellow and a recipient of research grants from the German Marshall Fund, the National Science Foundation, and the Pew Endowment. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bangladesh and has taught for extended periods in Brazil and Ireland.
