Reclaiming American Catholicism: Faith, Politics, and the Future of the Catholic Church

A rich portrait of American Catholicism at a crossroads between crisis and opportunity

The most vocal leaders in the U.S. Catholic hierarchy today embrace a culture-war Catholicism.

Reclaiming American Catholicism makes the argument that recalibrating the Church's engagement with politics and public life is vital for both the Church and the country. Gehring illuminates the Church that Pope Francis envisioned—"bruised, hurting and dirty because it has been out on the streets"—through stories o...