{"product_id":"the-shared-parish-latinos-anglos-and-the-future-of-u-s-catholicism","title":"Shared Parish","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs\u003cbr\u003e\nfaith communities in the United States grow increasingly more diverse, many\u003cbr\u003e\nchurches are turning to the shared parish, a single church facility\u003cbr\u003e\nshared by distinct cultural groups who retain their own worship and ministries.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe fastest growing and most common of these are Catholic parishes shared by\u003cbr\u003e\nLatinos and white Catholics. Shared parishes remain one of the few institutions\u003cbr\u003e\nin American society that allows cultural groups to maintain their own language\u003cbr\u003e\nand customs while still engaging in regular intercultural negotiations\u003cbr\u003e\nover the shared\u003cbr\u003e\nspace.\u003cbr\u003e\nThis\u003cbr\u003e\nbook explores the shared parish through an in-depth ethnographic study of a\u003cbr\u003e\nRoman Catholic parish in a small Midwestern city demographically transformed by\u003cbr\u003e\nMexican immigration in recent decades. Through its depiction of shared parish\u003cbr\u003e\nlife, the book argues for new ways of imagining the U.S. Catholic parish as an\u003cbr\u003e\norganization. The parish, argues Brett C. Hoover, must be conceived as both\u003cbr\u003e\na congregation and part of a centralized system, and as one\u003cbr\u003e\npiece in a complex social ecology. The Shared Parish also\u003cbr\u003e\nposits that the search for identity and adequate intercultural practice in such\u003cbr\u003e\nparishes might call for\u003cbr\u003e\nnew approaches to cultural diversity in U.S. society, beyond assimilation or\u003cbr\u003e\nmulticulturalism. We must imagine a religious organization that accommodates\u003cbr\u003e\nboth the need for safe space within distinct groups and for social networks\u003cbr\u003e\nthat connect these groups as they struggle to respectfully co-exist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49607655358808,"sku":"9781479854394","price":47.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781479854394__676f7349352fd.jpg?v=1741159498","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/the-shared-parish-latinos-anglos-and-the-future-of-u-s-catholicism","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}