A Realignment of the Catholic Church in the United States

Autor:	Jonathon L. Wiggins, Mary L. Gautier, Thomas P. Gaunt
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	education.field_of_study History Population Religious studies Economic history Theology education Church Growth
Zdroj:	Theology Today. 78:267-275
ISSN:	2044-2556 0040-5736
DOI:	10.1177/00405736211030236
Popis:	The official, parish-identified, Catholic population in the United States over the past forty years (1980 to 2019) has grown 40 percent, from about 48 million to over 67 million. Such a hearty rate of growth might lead one to assume that the Catholic population is increasing across all parts of the country. This growth, however, has been anything but uniform. From 1980 to the present, the Catholic population in some US Census regions—mostly in the South and in the West of the country—has experienced a boom, while in others—mostly in the Northeast and Midwest—it has experienced a bust. In this article, the growth or decline in the number of Catholics in each of the four US Census regions is explored, using data from the 2020 Faith Communities Today survey as well as data submitted by Catholic dioceses. These analyses give a more nuanced portrait of the Catholic Church in the United States, shedding light on both the challenges and opportunities the US Catholic Church is experiencing in 2021.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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