Unruly Catholics from Dante to Madonna : faith, heresy, and politics in cultural studies / Marc Di Paolo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Di Paolo, Marc.

Contributor:

Di Paolo, Marc, editor of compilation.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--History--21st century.

Catholic Church.

Catholic Church--In literature.

Catholics in literature.

Church renewal--Catholic Church.

Church renewal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Scarecrow Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Essays in Unruly Catholics explore how renowned Catholic literary figures Dante Alighieri, Oscar Wilde, Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, and Gerard Manley Hopkins dealt with the disparities between their personal beliefs and the Church's official teachings. Contributors also suggest how controversial entertainers such as Madonna, Kevin Smith, Michael Moore, and Stephen Colbert practice forms of Catholicism perhaps worthy of respect. Most pointedly, Unruly Catholics addresses th

Contents:

Contents; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PartI. CAFETERIA CATHOLICS VS.ORTHODOX CATHOLICS:LITERARY MODELS OFROMAN CATHOLICISM; Ch01. Dante: Cafeteria Catholic?; Ch02. Graham Greene, Believing Skeptic; Ch03. Wild(e) Religion; Ch04. Queering the Eucharist; Ch05. Holy Fools in Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited and Helena; PartII. CATHOLICISM AND THE AMERICAN CULTURE WARS; Ch06. Chasing Amy, Dogma, and Red State; Ch07. The Catholic Worker Ethic and the Spirit of Marxism; Ch08. Rosemary's Baby and Cold War Catholicism; Ch09. The Tragedy of Power in The Godfather and Star Wars

PartIII. A ROADMAP FOR REFORMCh10. Roma Locuta Est, Causa Finita Est; Index; About the Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 3, 2013).

ISBN:

0-8108-8852-1

OCLC:

861080835