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<p><b>The remarkable story of how confession became a defining rite for American Catholics—and then, beginning in the 1970s, all but disappeared.</b><br><br>For generations, American Catholics went faithfully to confession, admitting their sins to a priest and accepting through him God’s forgiveness. The sacrament served as a distinctive marker of Catholic identity, shaping parishioners’ views of their relationship to God, their neighbors, and the wider world. But starting in the 1970s, many aba
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- Author
- James M. O'Toole
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Department of Sanskrit & Indian Studies
- Published
- 2025
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780674294523
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Christian, History, Philosophy
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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