The Catholic Church and American culture
Subtitle: why the claims of The Da Vinci code struck a chord
By: by Eric Plumer.
Publisher: University of Scranton Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Scranton
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781589661356
Subjects: Brown, Dan, -- 1964-; Catholic Church -- United States -- History -- 21st century; Christianity and culture -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: People and events in the history of anti-Catholicism; title: The controversy in the Catholic Church over contraception; title: The Catholic Church and the sex abuse scandals; title: The controversy in the Catholic Church over homosexuality; title: Opus Dei and conspiracy; title: Classic voices in American religion: Thomas Jefferson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and William James; title: The rise of modern science as a challenge to the Catholic Church; title: The rise of modern psychology as a challenge to the Catholic Church; title: Mary Magdalene, the place of women in the Catholic Church, and the sexuality of Jesus; title: The quest for the historical Jesus; title: Epilogue.