Unruly Catholics from Dante to Madonna : faith, heresy, and politics in cultural studies / edited by Marc DiPaolo.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Di Paolo, Marc (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2013.
Lanham, Maryland : 2013.
Subjects:
Church renewal > Catholic Church.
Catholic Church > History > 21st century.
Catholic Church > In literature.
Catholics in literature.
Christianity and culture.
Physical Description:lii, 180 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Pt. 1: Cafeteria Catholics vs. Orthodox Catholics: literary models of Roman Catholicism
  • Dante: Cafeteria Catholic? / Ronald B. Herzman
  • Graham Green, believing skeptic / Darren J.N.Middleton
  • Wild(e) religion: the legacy of Oscar Wilde for queer theology / Frederick S. Roden
  • Queering the Eucharist: Gerard Manley Hopkins"s "The Blessed Virgin" / Kathryn Inskeep
  • Holy fools in Waugh's Brideshead Revisited and Helena / Adam DeVille
  • Pt. 2: Catholicism and the American culture wars
  • Chasing Amy, Dogma, and Red State: how Kevin Smith's spirituality speaks to Generation X / John Kenneth Muir
  • The Catholic Worker ethic and the spirit of Marxism / Kate Henley Avrett
  • Rosemary's Baby and Cold War Catholicism / Thomas Aiello
  • The tragedy of power in The Godfather and Star Wars / Douglas Williams
  • Pt. 3: A roadmap for reform
  • Roma locuta est, causa finita est: power, discursivity, and the Roman Catholic hierarchy / Dan Wood.