Sociological studies in Roman Catholicism historical and contemporary perspectives edited by Roger O'Toole. - Lewiston E. Mellen Press c1989. - xvi, 175 p. 24 cm. - Studies in religion and society v. 24 . - Studies in religion and society (New York, N.Y.) v. 24. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The evolution of Roman Catholicism in Quebec / Peter Beyer -- Italian Catholicism / Michael P. Carroll -- Nineteenth-century Irish Catholicism, farmers' ideology, and national religion / Eugene Hynes -- Containing the luciferine spark : the Catholic Church and recent movements for social change in the Republic of Ireland / John A. Hannigan -- Refugees from the national myth : the English Catholic odyssey / Roger O'Toole -- The quandary of dissent on the Catholic right / William D. Dinges -- Keepers of the faith: lay militants, abortion, and the battle for Canadian Catholicism / Michael W. Cuneo -- Liberation theology as social science / W.E. Hewitt.

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Christian sociology--Catholic Church.

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