RT Book T1 American parishes: remaking local Catholicism T2 Catholic practice in North America A2 Adler, Gary J. Jr. A2 Bruce, Tricia Colleen A2 Starks, Brian LA English PP New York PB Fordham University Press YR 2019 ED First edition UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1672321778 AB Introduction:What is a parish? Why look at Catholic parishes /Gary J. Adler Jr., Tricia C. Bruce, Brian Starks --A brief history of the sociology parishes in the United States /Tricia C. Bruce --Studying parishes: lessons and new directions from the study of congregations /Nancy T. Ammerman --The shifting landscape of US Catholic parishes, 1998-2012 /Gary J. Adler Jr. --Stable transformation: Catholic parishioners in the United States /Mark M. Gray --Power in the parish /Brett C. Hoover --Liturgy as identity work in predominantly African American parishes /Tia Noelle Pratt --A house divided /Mary Jo Bane --Parishes as home and hubs /Kathleen Garces-Foley --Preparing to say "I do" /Courtney Ann Irby --A sociologist looks at his own parish: a conversation with John A. Coleman, SJ /John A. Coleman, SJ, with editors Gary J. Adler Jr., Tricia C. Bruce, and Brian Starks --Conclusion:Parishes as the embedded middle of American Catholicism /Gary J. Adler Jr., Tricia C. Bruce, Brian Starks. NO Includes bibliographical references and index CN BX1406.3 SN 978-0-8232-8434-4 SN 978-0-8232-8435-1 K1 Catholic Church : United States K1 Catholics : United States K1 RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic K1 Aufsatzsammlung