This ground-breaking study of the Grail movement invites further study of an important part of American Catholic history, namely, the study of the Catholic laity. Brown traces the evolution of the movement from its origins as the Women of Nazareth Society in Holland through its development in the States as an emergent lay Catholicism for women. He then goes on to discuss the Grail's post Vatican II period when the movement underwent a strict reevaluation of its principles in response to the challenges of the 1960s, substantially revising its outlook on the role of women and the relationship of religion and the modern world.
In preparing this work, Brown spent three months at the Grail headquarters in Loveland, Ohio. He was the first person allowed access to Grail records and interviewed many Grail members including the Grail's American co-founder, Lydwine Van Kersbergen. Extensively researched and highly readable, this work will interest the specialist as well as the general reader.
This ground-breaking study of the Grail movement invites further study of an important part of American Catholic history, namely, the study of the Catholic laity. Brown traces the evolution of the movement from its origins as the Women of Nazareth Society in Holland through its development in the States as an emergent lay Catholicism for women. He then goes on to discuss the Grail's post Vatican II period when the movement underwent a strict reevaluation of its principles in response to the challenges of the 1960s, substantially revising its outlook on the role of women and the relationship of religion and the modern world.
In preparing this work, Brown spent three months at the Grail headquarters in Loveland, Ohio. He was the first person allowed access to Grail records and interviewed many Grail members including the Grail's American co-founder, Lydwine Van Kersbergen. Extensively researched and highly readable, this work will interest the specialist as well as the general reader.
The Grail Movement and American Catholicism, 1940-1975
242The Grail Movement and American Catholicism, 1940-1975
242Hardcover
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780268010157 |
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Publisher: | University of Notre Dame Press |
Publication date: | 07/15/1988 |
Series: | Notre Dame Studies in American Catholicism , #9 |
Pages: | 242 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) |