Roman Catholic Beliefs in England : Customary Catholicism and Transformations of Religious Authority (Paperback)

Preface; Part I. Introduction: 1. From identity to commitment; 2. Varieties of Catholic accounts; Part II. The Religious Beliefs of English Catholics: 3. The everyday loves of lay Catholics; 4. The religion of core laity; 5. The customary religion of ordinary Catholics; Part III. Transformations of Religious Authority: 6. The pope's paradoxical people; 7. Core Catholics, conflict and contestation; 8. Ordinary Catholics and personal morality; 9. English Catholics and religious authority; Part IV. Conclusions: 10. Religious pluralism and secularisation; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.