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By Marc DiPaolo

During the second one Vatican Council, the Roman Catholic Church went via a interval of liberal reform lower than the stewardship of Popes John XXIII and Paul VI. Successive popes sharply reversed direction, imposing conservative ideological values and silencing innovative voices within the Church. accordingly, these Catholics who had embraced the spirit of Vatican II have been left feeling adrift and betrayed. In Unruly Catholics from Dante to Madonna, students of literature, movie, faith, background, and sociology delve into this conflict–and traditionally related ones–through the exam of narratives through and approximately rebellious Catholics.

Essays in Unruly Catholics discover how well known Catholic literary figures Dante Alighieri, Oscar Wilde, Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, and Gerard Manley Hopkins handled the disparities among their own ideals and the Church’s authentic teachings. individuals additionally recommend how debatable entertainers comparable to Madonna, Kevin Smith, Michael Moore, and Stephen Colbert perform types of Catholicism possibly precious of recognize. so much pointedly, Unruly Catholics addresses the new intercourse abuse scandals, considers the prospect that the Church will be reformed from inside, and provides 3 iconic figures–Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day, and C.S. Lewis–as types of compassionate and reformist Christianity.

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