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Unruly Catholics from Dante to Madonna
Faith, Heresy, and Politics in Cultural Studies
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2013
Summary
During the Second Vatican Council, the Roman Catholic Church went through a period of liberal reform under the stewardship of Popes John XXIII and Paul VI. Successive popes sharply reversed course, enforcing conservative ideological values and silencing progressive voices in the Church. Consequently, those Catholics who had embraced the spirit of Vatican II were left feeling adrift and betrayed. In Unruly Catholics from Dante to Madonna, scholars of literature, film, religion, history, and sociology delve into this conflict–and historically similar ones–through the examination of narratives by and about rebellious Catholics.
Essays in Unruly Catholics explore how renowned Catholic literary figures Dante Alighieri, Oscar Wilde, Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, and Gerard Manley Hopkins dealt with the disparities between their personal beliefs and the Church’s official teachings. Contributors also suggest how controversial entertainers such as Madonna, Kevin Smith, Michael Moore, and Stephen Colbert practice forms of Catholicism perhaps worthy of respect. Most pointedly, Unruly Catholics addresses the recent sex abuse scandals, considers the possibility that the Church might be reformed from within, and presents three iconic figures–Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day, and C.S. Lewis–as models of compassionate and reformist Christianity.
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Copyright year
2013
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-8851-7
ISBN-Online
978-0-8108-8852-4
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
180
Product type
Edited Book
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Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
Ch01. Dante: Cafeteria Catholic? No access
Ch02. Graham Greene, Believing Skeptic No access
Ch03. Wild(e) Religion No access
Ch04. Queering the Eucharist No access
Ch05. Holy Fools in Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited and Helena No access
Ch06. Chasing Amy, Dogma, and Red State No access
Ch07. The Catholic Worker Ethic and the Spirit of Marxism No access
Ch08. Rosemary’s Baby and Cold War Catholicism No access
Ch09. The Tragedy of Power in The Godfather and Star Wars No access
