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Fall, 2003. James D. Davidson, Thomas P. Walters, Bede Cisco,
O.S.B., Katherine Meyer, and Charles Zech Lay Ministers and Their
Spiritual Practices.
While lay ministers have quickly become an integral part of the
day-to-day functioning of the Catholic Church in the U.S., little has
been written about their spiritual practices ... until now.
Based on years of work by a team researchers, Lay Ministers and
Their Spiritual Practices offers a never-seen-before glimpse into the
professional and spiritual lives of Catholic lay ministers. For the first
time, read: What brought them to ministry. What their spiritual practices
are. What sustains them in their work What they seek or what they need from
continuing education and formation.
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William V. D'Antonio (Editor), James D. Davidson, Katherine
Meyer. 2000. American Catholics: Gender, Generation and Commitment.
AltiMira Press.
How much do American Catholics still identify with the Catholic
Church? Do they agree with the Church's teachings, and how often do
they participate in its sacraments? What do they think it takes to be
a good Catholic? What do they consider to be the Church's core teachings?
How do they believe issues of faith and morals should be decided: by the
hierarchy, the laity, or some combination of the two? How are they coping
with the priest shortage, and what do they believe the Church should do
to solve the problem? How do they feel about social issues such as capital
punishment and increased military spending? In "American Catholics," four
distinguished sociologists use national surveys from 1999, 1993, and 1987
to examine these issues. They show that Catholics' beliefs and practices
are changing. They also demonstrate how differences in gender, generation,
and commitment to the Church influence attitudes on all of these issues.
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Paul Lasley, F. Larry Leistritz, Linda M. Lobao, and Katherine
Meyer. 1995. Beyond the Amber Waves of Grain: An Examination of Social
and Economic Restructuring in the Heartland.
Like the factory closings in the Rust Belt, the dramatic failure
of agricutlural industries in the Farm Belt has caused fundamental changes
in the organization and control of production. The impact of job losses
and economic depression and the shattering of a way of life have shaken
public complacency about the stability of many fundamental American myths.
This book takes up the story of Midwestern farm enterprises
in the wake of the farm crisis of the 1980s. Using data drawn from detailed
surveys of 3940 farm households in twelve north-central states, the authors
offer a comprehensive view of the social and economic restructuring of
agriculture and explore the consequences for farm enterprises, farm households,
and farming communities. The study goes beyond the farm gate to look at
the broader implications for related industries and communities dependent
upon farming, for agricultural and rural policies, and for farm women and
men, contributing to the literature on economic restructuring and its outcomes.
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Conflict and Change
in the Catholic Church. 1989. John Seidler, Katherine Meyer. Rutgers
University Press.
John Seidler and Katherine Meyer examine the conflict between
the forces for traditionalism and those for modernization in the Catholic
Church in the Untied States following the Second Vatican Council, in the
1960s.
The authors find that the structure and process of conflict in
the Church sometimes confirm, and other times challenge, popular theories
of organizational change and social movements. They carefully describe
the setbacks and triumphs of the Church as it strives to adjust to the
modern world. Pressures to adapt and resistance to those pressures predated
Vatican II by decades and continue today with the papacy of John Paul II,
which advances positions of human liberation and stands fast against doctrinal
change. Seidler and Meyer enhance our understanding not only of the internal
dynamics of change within the Catholic Church in the United States, but also
of how organizations' elites adapt to forces for chagne in the contemporary
world.
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