1st Edition
The View from the Border Why Catholics Leave the Church and Why They Stay
By John Kotre
Copyright 1971
286 Pages
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Routledge
288 Pages
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Routledge
283 Pages
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Routledge
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In this unique psychological study, John Kotre provides some startling answers to the questions Catholics are now asking about those who abandon the church, those who remain in it, and those who attempt to create a new church within the church. A detailed examination of the borderline between membership and ex-membership in the Catholic Church, as perceived by young adults reared within the... Read more
1: Prelude; 1: Why the Border; 2: One Hundred Young Adults: Who They Were and Where They Started; 3: The Period of Change; 2: The Results of Change; 4: What They Believe; 5: What They Value; 6: The Two Churches; 3: The Search for Why; 7: Male versus Female; 8: Parents; 9: An Explanation; 4: Extensions; 10: The Future of These One Hundred; 11: The Institution as Permeable: Past; Present and Future
Biography
John Kotre
