The spirit's tether: family, work, and religion among American Catholics
Through an examination of parish life together with the faith stories of parishioners, this book reveals how two congregational social processes - the practice of central ecclesial metaphors, and the construction of Catholic identities - matter for the ways in which parishioners work out the routine...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2013
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| In: | Year: 2013 |
| Reviews: | The Spirit’s Tether: Family, Work, and Religion among American Catholics by Mary Ellen Konieczny (review) (2014) (Prusak, Bernard G.)
The Spirit's Tether: Family, Work, and Religion among American Catholics (2014) (Cavendish, James C.) |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Catholic
/ Family
/ Gender-specific role
/ Work
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| Further subjects: | B
Catholic Church
United States
B Families Religious aspects Catholic Church B Families ; United States B Families United States B Catholic Church ; Doctrines B Catholic Church ; United States B Catholic Church Doctrines B Families ; Religious aspects ; Catholic Church |
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| Summary: | Through an examination of parish life together with the faith stories of parishioners, this book reveals how two congregational social processes - the practice of central ecclesial metaphors, and the construction of Catholic identities - matter for the ways in which parishioners work out the routines of marriage, childrearing and work-family balance, as well as to the ways they connect these challenges to the public politics of the family. |
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| ISBN: | 0199346054 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199965779.001.0001 |