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100	1		_aSteinfels, Peter. _9582
245	1	2	_aA people adrift : _bthe crisis of the Roman Catholic Church in America / _cPeter Steinfels.
260			_aNew York : _bSimon & Schuster, _cc2003.
300			_axxi, 392 p. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 361-377) and index.
505	0	0	_g1. _tThe Battle for Common Ground -- _g2. _tThe Scandal -- _g3. _tThe Church and Society -- _g4. _tCatholic Institutions and Catholic Identity -- _g5. _tAround the Altar -- _g6. _tPassing on the Faith -- _g7. _tSex and the Female Church -- _g8. _tAt the Helm -- _tConclusion: Finding a Future.
520	1		_a"In A People Adrift, a prominent Catholic thinker states bluntly that the Catholic Church in the United States must transform itself or suffer irreversible decline. Peter Steinfels shows how even before the recent revelations about sexual abuse by priests, the explosive combination of generational change and the thinning ranks of priests and nuns was creating a grave crisis of leadership and identity." "This groundbreaking book offers an analysis not just of the church's immediate troubles but of less visible, more powerful forces working below the surface of an institution that provides a spiritual identity for 65 million Americans and spans the nation with its parishes, schools, colleges and universities, hospitals, clinics, and social service agencies." "In A People Adrift, Steinfels warns that entrenched liberals and conservatives are trapped in a "theological gridlock" that often ignores what in fact goes on in families, parishes, classrooms, voting booths, and Catholic organizations of all types. Above all, he insists, the altered Catholic landscape demands a new agenda for leadership, from the selection of bishops and the rethinking of the priesthood to the thorough preparation and genuine incorporation of a lay leadership that is already taking over key responsibilities in Catholic institutions."--BOOK JACKET.
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