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The American Catholic Revolution

How the Sixties Changed the Church Forever

By: Mark S. Massa, S.J.

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The American Catholic Revolution

How the Sixties Changed the Church Forever

By: Mark S. Massa, S.J.

In the 1960s, the Second Vatican Council enacted the most sweeping changes the Catholic Church had seen in centuries. In readable and compelling prose, Mark S. Massa tells the story of the cultural war these changes ignited in the United States - a war that is still being waged today. Suddenly, one Sunday, the mass as the faithful had always known it was different, and so was the Church they had believed was timeless and unchanging. Once the Church opened the door to change, Massa argues, it could not be closed again. Skirmishes broke out over the proper way to worship. Soon, Catholics were bitterly divided over birth control, abortion, celibacy, female priests, and the authority of the Church itself. As he narrates these turbulent events, Massa takes us beyond stereotypes of liberals and conservatives, offering new insights into the last fifty years of American Catholicism.

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0199781389

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The Structure of Theological Revolutions

How the Fight Over Birth Control Transformed American Catholicism

By: Mark S. Massa SJ

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How the Fight Over Birth Control Transformed American Catholicism

By: Mark S. Massa SJ

On July 29, 1968, Pope Paul VI ended years of discussion and study by Catholic theologians and bishops by issuing an encyclical on human sexuality and birth control entitled Humanae Vitae: "On Human Life." That document, which declared that "each and every marriage act must remain open to the transmission of life," lead to widespread dissent and division within the Church, particularly in the United States. The divide that Humanae Vitae opened up is still with us today. Mark Massa argues that American Catholics did not simply ignore and dissent from the encyclical's teachings on birth control, but that they also began to question the entire system of natural law theology that had undergirded Catholic thought since the days of Aquinas. Natural law is central to Catholic theology, as some of its most important teachings on issues such as birth control, marriage, and abortion rest on natural law arguments. Drawing inspiration from Thomas Kuhn's classic work The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Massa argues that Humanae Vitae caused a paradigm shift in American Catholic thought, one that has had far-reaching repercussions. How can theology-the study of God, whose nature is imagined to be eternal and unchanging- change over time? This is the essential question that The Structure of Theological Revolutions sets out to answer. Massa makes the controversial claim that Roman Catholic teaching on a range of important issues is considerably more provisional and arbitrary than many Catholics think.

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0190851422

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Between Faith and Criticism

Evangelicals, Scholarship, and the Bible in America

By: Mark A. Noll

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Between Faith and Criticism

Evangelicals, Scholarship, and the Bible in America

By: Mark A. Noll

Historian Mark Noll traces evangelicalism from its nineteenth-century roots. He applies lessons learned in the milieu of Great Britain and North America to answer the question: Have evangelicals grown to mature confidence in their views of God and Scripture so they may stand-alone if they must-between faith and higher critical skepticism? "This is nuts-and-bolts history at its best." - Douglas Jacobsen, Fides et Historia "This is not only an outstanding study of evangelical biblical scholarship, it is the best survey of the twentieth-century evangelical thought that we have." - George Marsden "This book will be of immense value to all who want to know what the background to current evangelical biblical scholarship is, and who want to explore the likely developments in the future." - Gerald Bray, The Churchman " Noll] has enriched our knowledge of this history through his mastery of its substance and has come to grips with its findings." - Todd Nichol, Word and World Mark A. Noll, the McManis Professor of Christian Thought and professor of church history at Wheaton College, has written more than ten books, including Religion, Faith and American Politics, and Christian Faith and Practice in the Modern World. He edited Confessions and Catechisms of the Reformation. His PhD degree is from Vanderbilt University.

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Regent College Publishing

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1573830984

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Is the Reformation Over?

An Evangelical Assessment of Contemporary Roman Catholicism

By: Mark A. Noll,Carolyn Nystrom

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Is the Reformation Over?

An Evangelical Assessment of Contemporary Roman Catholicism

By: Mark A. Noll,Carolyn Nystrom

For the last few decades, Catholics and Protestants have been working to heal the wounds caused by centuries of mistrust. This book, a Christianity Today 2006 Book Award winner, provides an evaluation of contemporary Roman Catholicism and the changing relationship between Catholics and evangelicals. The authors examine past tensions, post-Vatican II ecumenical dialogues, and social/political issues that have brought Catholics and evangelicals together. While not ignoring significant differences that remain, the authors call evangelicals to gain a new appreciation for the current character of the Catholic Church. Written by Mark Noll, one of the premier church historians of our day, and Carolyn Nystrom, this book will appeal to those interested in the relationship between evangelicals and the Catholic Church.

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Baker Academic

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1441201815

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The Rise and Fall of Triumph

The History of a Radical Roman Catholic Magazine, 1966–1976

By: Mark D. Popowski

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The Rise and Fall of Triumph

The History of a Radical Roman Catholic Magazine, 1966–1976

By: Mark D. Popowski

This is a history of Triumph—a post-Vatican II, Roman Catholic lay magazine—that examines its origins and decline, paying special attention to the editors’ often bellicose views on a range of issues, from Church affairs to the Vietnam War, and civil rights to abortion. Triumph’s editors formed the magazine to defend the faith against what they perceived as the imprudent and secular excesses of Vatican II reformers, but especially against what they viewed as an increasing barbarous and anti-Christian American society. Yet Triumph was not a defensive magazine; rather, it was audaciously triumphalist—proclaiming the Roman Catholic faith as the solution to America’s ills. The magazine sought to convert Americans to Roman Catholicism and to construct a confessional state, which subjected its power to the moral authority of the Roman Catholic Church. If the liberalizing and secularizing trajectory in American society exalted man as sovereign of himself and his world, as Triumph’s editors posited, then their mission was to reinstitute Christ’s Kingship, to hallow the world in His name.

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Lexington Books

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0739169823

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The American Catholic Revolution

How the Sixties Changed the Church Forever

By: Mark S. Massa, S.J.

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How the Sixties Changed the Church Forever

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The Structure of Theological Revolutions

How the Fight Over Birth Control Transformed American Catholicism

By: Mark S. Massa SJ

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How the Fight Over Birth Control Transformed American Catholicism

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The American Catholic Revolution

The American Catholic Revolution

The Structure of Theological Revolutions

The Structure of Theological Revolutions

Between Faith and Criticism

Between Faith and Criticism

Is the Reformation Over?

Is the Reformation Over?

The Rise and Fall of Triumph

The Rise and Fall of Triumph

The American Catholic Revolution

The American Catholic Revolution

The Structure of Theological Revolutions

The Structure of Theological Revolutions

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