Lest we be damned : practical innovation and lived experience among Catholics in Protestant England, 1559-1642 / Lisa McClain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McClain, Lisa, 1965-

Series:

Religion in history, society & culture ; 6.

Religion in history, society, and culture ; [6]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholics--England--History--16th century.

Catholics.

Catholics--England--History--17th century.

England--Church history--16th century.

England.

England--Church history--17th century.

Physical Description:

xvi, 393 p. : ill.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Through compelling personal stories and in rich detail, McClain reveals the give-and-take interaction between the institutional church in Rome and the needs of believers and the hands-on clergy who provided their pastoral care within England. In doing so, she illuminates larger issues of how believers and low-level clergy push the limits of official orthodoxy in order to meet devotional needs.

Contents:

ch. 1. "Knitting the remnants" : Catholic challenges and priorities in Protestant England

ch. 2. A "church" without a church : English Catholics' search for religious space

ch. 3. Using what's at hand : English Catholic reinterpretations of the rosary

ch. 4. Reclaiming the body : receiving the benefits of the mass in the absence of priests

ch. 5. Lawyers, jailbirds, grocers, and diplomats : Catholic options for piety and community in London

ch. 6. Katholik Kernow : Catholics of Cornwall

ch. 7. "Border of wickedness?" : Catholics in the northern shires

ch. 8. From the old comes the new : Catholic identities and alternative forms of community.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-382) and index.

ISBN:

1-135-88502-8

0-203-50499-2

1-135-88503-6

1-280-05557-X

9780203504994

OCLC:

826515899