Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• McCallion, Michael J.
• Bennett-Carpenter, Benjamin
• Maines, David R.

Titel

Individualism and Community as Contested Rhetorics in the Catholic New Evangelization Movement

Ist Teil von

• Review of religious research, 2012-09, Vol.54 (3), p.291-310

Ort / Verlag

London, England: Springer

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This article addresses a new religious movement within one of the oldest ecclesiastical organizations in Christendom—the Catholic Church. The Catholic New Evangelization (NE) is an intra-ecclesial movement articulated and inspired by the late Pope John Paul II. Our analysis of this movement focuses on the emerging tensions between the contrasting individualist and communalist orientations of what we call "Vatican II Catholics" and "NE Catholics," respectively. We examine responses to NE rhetoric and its implementation in the Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit's central services, the archdiocesan seminary, and two local Detroit parishes. At these sites, the NE rhetoric, especially in its emphasis on having a "personal relationship with Jesus," has intensified individual versus community tensions among Catholic professionals and lay leaders in the Detroit area.