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Explains why Catholicism in Australia has failed to maintain its relevance despite widespread evidence of a hunger for meaning, values and a renewed sense of community.'Why is it so hard for Church people to find the appropriate words that tap into Australians'search for something more? Why, too, would their words not be listened to, if they were game enough to try?'- from the foreword by Geraldine Doogue, journalist and broadcasterMany Catholics today described themselves as'lapsed'. Despite a new hunger for meaning and community, it is clear that over the last decade the Australian Catholic Church has become a marginal influence on society. Repeated accusations of child sexual abuse by priests is taken as a sign of moral bankruptcy, the ongoing refusal to include women in more active roles has left many disenchanted, and attendance at Mass continues to decline.Leading commentators, including Morag Fraser, Paul Collins and Damian Grace, explore the crisis at the heart of Australian Catholicism. They offer a confronting analysis of the direction for the Church set by Rome, and the way in which this is stifling local initiative and alienating large numbers of Catholics from the inst

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Author

Geraldine Doogue, Geraldine Doogue, Chris McGillion

Publisher

Allen & Unwin Academic

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9781865089171

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Christian, Religion, Philosophy