AMERICAN CATHOLIC LAITY IN A CHANGING CHURCH
D’Antonio, Davidson, & Wallace Hoge
Sheed & Ward, 1989
193 pages

“This book is about how American Catholics are continuing to respond to the social, political and demographic changes of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. American Catholics now in their adult years began their lives in a church in which the laity’s prime role was to kneel, ‘pray, pay, and obey.’ Now, more and more of the laity find that role unsatisfactory. The data for this book came from a 1987 survey of American Catholic laity. The survey’s focus was on whether or not the laity should have the right to participate in Church decision making that affects their lives. This book includes a chapter on women in the church. Its data and interpretation are either disturbing or refreshing depending on your appetite for change” (introduction).

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Read the Introduction.