Title: The culture of Bible Belt Catholics /
Authors: Anderson, Jon W.; Friend, William B., 1931-
Publisher: Paulist Press,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Catholics Southern States History; Southern States Church history; Southern States Social life and customs.
Contents: 1. An ethnographic overview of cultural differences of Bible belt Catholics -- Design and conduct of the project -- Who are Catholics in the south? -- What is this "South" they are in? -- How do Catholics fit these patterns? -- What common themes emerge? -- Changes in relations of regional and religious cultures -- What a cultural model retrieves -- 2. Pastoral reflections on cultural differences of Bible belt Catholics -- Ethnography as an aid to pastoral life -- Catholicism in the upland south -- Migration and our Church's reponse -- 3. Theological reflections on an anthropological study of Bible belt Catholics and their culture -- Three recent turns in theology -- Inculturation -- Inculturation and Vatican II -- Inculturation and Pope Paul VI -- What is the inculturation? -- Theological bases for inculturation -- Conclusion -- 4. Catholic imagination and inflections of "Church" in the contemporary south -- The south and Catholicism -- Catholic imagination in the south --^