Partial Alienation as Organizational Parent-Member Accommodation: An Urban, Midwestern Catholic Parish
Hout and Greeley (1987) use the term “partial alienation” to designate how many American Catholics remain active in the Church, even as they disagree with numerous positions and policies. In studying American Catholicism, however, researchers have paid little attention to the phenomenon of partial a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1994
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Sociology of religion
Year: 1994, Volume: 55, Issue: 1, Pages: 53-64 |
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| Summary: | Hout and Greeley (1987) use the term “partial alienation” to designate how many American Catholics remain active in the Church, even as they disagree with numerous positions and policies. In studying American Catholicism, however, researchers have paid little attention to the phenomenon of partial alienation at the parish level. But a parish, similar to an individual, may exhibit partial alienation. This article analyzes the dynamics of parish-based partial alienation in one self-identified “Vatican II” parish. When examined in-depth, such partial alienation reveals the dynamics whereby a parish remains apart from the larger Church even as it re-identifies with it. Even when alienation seems to dominate, it is only partial, predicated on a deep affiliation with the larger Church that members simply assume. Thus, the Church-parish relation is an ambiguous, many-faceted one marked by tenuousness and tenacity. |
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| ISSN: | 1759-8818 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3712175 |