In the Mailbox: The Faithful Departed
Hot off the press! Philip F. Lawler's new book (Phil is the editor of Catholic World News).
From the publisher: "Faithful Departed traces the rise and fall of the Catholic Church in Boston, showing how the Massachusetts experience set a pattern that echoed throughout the United States as religious institutions lost influence in the face of rising secularization. The collapse of Catholicism in Boston became apparent with the explosion of the sex-abuse crisis. Lawler shows that the sex-abuse scandal was neither the cause nor the beginning of Catholicism's decline in Boston."
The first chapter is available online here.
I just got my copy last night, and started reading it this morning. Review to follow shortly.
From the publisher: "Faithful Departed traces the rise and fall of the Catholic Church in Boston, showing how the Massachusetts experience set a pattern that echoed throughout the United States as religious institutions lost influence in the face of rising secularization. The collapse of Catholicism in Boston became apparent with the explosion of the sex-abuse crisis. Lawler shows that the sex-abuse scandal was neither the cause nor the beginning of Catholicism's decline in Boston."
The first chapter is available online here.
I just got my copy last night, and started reading it this morning. Review to follow shortly.
Labels: abuse scandal, books received, catholic controversy
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