Mark S Massa: 2 books
The Structure of Theological Revolutions
How the Fight Over Birth Control Transformed American Catholicism
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2018
On July 29, 1968, Pope Paul VI ended years of discussion and study by Catholic theologians and bishops by issuing an encyclical on human sexuality and birth control entitled Humanae Vitae: "On Human Life." That document, which declared that "each and every marriage act must remain open...
The American Catholic Revolution
How the Sixties Changed the Church Forever
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
In the 1960s, the Second Vatican Council enacted the most sweeping changes the Catholic Church had seen in centuries. In readable and compelling prose, Mark S. Massa tells the story of the cultural war these changes ignited in the United States - a war that is still being waged today. Suddenly, one...