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Author Dugan, Katherine, author.

Title Millennial missionaries : how a group of young Catholics is trying to make Catholicism cool / Katherine Dugan
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]

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Contents Introduction: #MishLife: millennial, Catholic, and proud -- The making of twenty-first century Catholic Evangelization -- Hanging out with Jesus: becoming millennial missionaries -- Be saints! Remixing devotionalism -- Feminine genius and authentic masculinity: cultivating habits of Catholic gender -- Guard your heart! Embodying Catholic romance -- Party on: creating a dynamically Orthodox Catholic culture -- Conclusion: Go, set the world on fire! FOCUS and U.S. Catholicism
Summary This text studies religion in the United States from the perspective of proud Catholic millennials. As they navigate their Catholic and US identities, these missionaries propose Catholicism as uniquely able to overcome perceived threats of secularism, relativism, and modernity. How, why, and with what implications is this Catholicism enacted? These questions, which point to power struggles between US culture and religious identity, drive this work
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 04, 2019)
Subject Catholic Church -- Missions.
SUBJECT Catholic Church fast
Subject Evangelistic work.
Youth in missionary work.
RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Spiritual Growth.
Missions
Evangelistic work
Youth in missionary work
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780190875992
0190875992
9780190875978
0190875976