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19 - US Catholicism in the Twenty-First Century

from Part IV - Conclusion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 May 2021

By
Mary L. Gautier
Edited by
Margaret M. McGuinness  and
Thomas F. Rzeznik
Margaret M. McGuinness
Affiliation:
La Salle University, Philadelphia
Thomas F. Rzeznik
Affiliation:
Seton Hall University, New Jersey
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Summary

Sociology is not an exact science and sociological trends cannot be used with high confidence to predict the future of the Catholic Church in the United States. It is possible, however, to study the trends that lie in the data collected by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) and other social scientists and to use those trends to formulate some educated forecasts of what may lie ahead for US Catholics in the near future. The research consulted for this chapter is organized into three broad areas: trends in Catholic population, trends in Catholic practice and beliefs, and trends in pastoral leadership. This should help to discern what may lie ahead for the twenty-first century.

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The Cambridge Companion to American Catholicism , pp. 345 - 366
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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Further Reading

D’Antonio, William V., Dillon, Michele, and Gautier, Mary L.. American Catholics in Transition. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2013.Google Scholar
Fichter, Joseph H., SJ. Social Relations in the Urban Parish. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1954.Google Scholar
Froehle, Bryan T. and Gautier, Mary L.. Catholicism USA: A Portrait of the Catholic Church in the United States. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2000.Google Scholar
Gray, Mark M., Gautier, Mary L., and Cidade, Melissa A.. The Changing Face of U.S. Catholic Parishes. Washington, DC: Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, 2011.Google Scholar
Gray, Mark M. and Perl, Paul M.. Sacraments Today: Belief and Practice among U.S. Catholics. Washington, DC: Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, 2008.Google Scholar
Zech, Charles E., Gautier, Mary L., Gray, Mark M., Wiggins, Jonathon L., and Gaunt, Thomas P., SJ. Catholic Parishes of the Twenty-first Century. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017.Google Scholar

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