The Church Confronts Modernity church confronts modernity: Catholicism since 1950 in the United States, Ireland, and Quebec

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Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Leslie Woodcock Tentler Quebec 1. The Trajectory of Catholicism in Twentieth-Century Quebec Kevin J. Christiano 21 2. “They Are Not of Our Generation”: Youth, Gender, Catholicism, and Quebec’s Dechristianization, 1950–1970 Michael Gauvreau 62 Ireland 3. The Catholic Church in Ireland since the 1950s Dermot Keogh 93 4. Crisis of Faith or Collapse of Empire? Lawrence Taylor 150 United States 5. The Catholic Church in the United States: 1950 to the Present James D. Davidson 177 6. Decline or Relocation? The Catholic Presence in Church and Society, 1950–2000 R. Scott Appleby 208 Comparative Perspectives 7. Decline and Continuity: Catholicism since 1950 in the United States, Ireland, and Quebec Michele Dillon 239 8. Comparing Post–World War II Catholicism in Quebec, Ireland, and the United States Gregory Baum  268 Contributors 297 Index 299 vi c o n t e n t s ...