Roman Catholic beliefs in England: customary Catholicism and transformations of religious authority
This 1991 book makes available an empirical study of the transformations in religious beliefs that have occurred amongst English Catholics. It complements Dr Hornsby-Smith's well received Roman Catholics in England (1987) which provides the social and historical context for this present study....
| Summary: | This 1991 book makes available an empirical study of the transformations in religious beliefs that have occurred amongst English Catholics. It complements Dr Hornsby-Smith's well received Roman Catholics in England (1987) which provides the social and historical context for this present study. In Roman Catholic beliefs in England, Michael Hornsby-Smith explores Catholic beliefs over a range of concerns from doctrinal matters to questions of personal and social morality and assesses how religious beliefs are differentiated between different types of Catholics. He also examines the legitimacy accorded by English Catholics to both papal authority and religious authority in general. I. Introduction -- 1. From identity to commitment -- beliefs and belonging -- social and religious context -- research aims -- data sources -- outline of book -- 2. Varieties of Catholic accounts -- methodological problems -- comparative approaches -- a typology of Catholic accounts -- consistency, coherence and complexity -- conclusions -- II. The Religious Beliefs of English Catholics -- 3. The everyday lives of lay Catholics -- an exploratory study -- the lay vocation -- coping with everyday dilemmas -- lay experience of support -- lay spirituality -- concluding reflections -- 4. The religion of core laity -- introduction -- the teaching of the Church -- images of God -- beliefs and practices -- social morality -- personal morality -- concluding reflections -- 5. The customary religion of ordinary Catholics -- introduction -- customary religion -- images of God -- heaven, hell and life after death -- personal prayer -- customary and popular Catholicisms -- III. Transformations of Religious Authority -- 6. The pope's paradoxical people -- introduction -- the pope's visit: a special event -- the pope's leadership style -- papal teaching and authority -- paradoxical Catholics? -- 7. Core Catholics, conflict and contestation -- introduction -- Houtart's analysis of contestation -- responses to ecclesiastical authority -- transformations of religious authority -- 8. Ordinary Catholics and personal morality -- introduction -- contraception -- abortion -- divorce -- the loss of clerical authority -- 9. English Catholics and religious authority -- Weberian perspectives -- legal-rational authority -- traditional authority -- charismatic authority -- empirical combinations -- Etzioni's analysis of compliance -- concluding reflections -- 10. Religious pluralism and secularism -- introduction -- pluralism of belief -- pluralism of legitimations of religious authority -- the secularization of English Catholicism? |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 0511520832 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511520839 |