The Faithful Departed: Collapse of Boston's Cathol

Category: Religion: History

Publishing Information: 2008 by Encounter Books

ISBN: 1594032114

Binding: hardcover

Description: Faithful Departed traces the rise and fall of the Catholic ì Church in Boston, showing how the Massachusetts experience set a ì pattern that echoed throughout the United States as religious ì institutions lost influence in the face of rising secularization. ì The collapse of Catholicism in Boston became apparent with the ì explosion of the sex-abuse crisis. Lawler shows that the ì sex-abuse scandal was neither the cause nor the beginning of ì Catholicism's decline in Boston.

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