The Underground Church

Since the 1970s, liberal American Catholics have sustained a Reform Movement to counteract the conservative drift of the Vatican and preserve and expand on the reforms of Vatican II. This book draws on a range of theory to analyze this movement, which is intent on creating a model of church that exemplifies Vatican II's open attitude toward the modern world.

Series Editor’s Preface
Foreword by Ed Stevens
Preface
Abbreviations of Catholic Reform Groups
Introduction

PART I: BURNED OUT, BUMMED OUT, AND THROWN OUT: PROGRESSIVE REFORMERS BEGIN THEIR WILDERNESS JOURNEY
1. Sower of Mustard Seeds: Call to Action
2. Rebuilding the Temple: Voice of the Faithful
3. Leaving Egypt: DignityUSA, Corps of Reserve Priests United for Service, Catholic Organizations for Renewal
4. Catholic Feminists Confront Goliath: Women’s Ordination Conference, Women’s Ordination Worldwide, Women-Church Convergence, Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual, Catholics for a Free Choice
5. Toward a New City of God

PART II: TESTING THE WATERS AND PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES
6. Prophets without Honor: Vatican II Pastors Are Disappearing
7. What, Therefore, Belongs to Caesar? Marginal Communities

PART III: NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND
8. The Catacombs Revisited: Underground Catholic Faith Communities
9. Something New Under the Sun? Underground Parishes-

Conclusion

APPENDICES
Appendix A: Comparative Data on Vatican II Reform Organizations
Appendix B: Field Research

References
Index