Roman Catholic Beliefs in England: Customary Catholicism and Transformations of Religious Authority Book

Preface;

Part I. Introduction;

1. From identity to commitment;
2. Varieties of Catholic accounts;

Part II. The religious beliefs of English Catholics;
3. The everyday loves of lay Catholics;
4. The religion of core laity;
5. The customary religion of ordinary Catholics;

Part III. Transformations of religious authority;
6. The pope's paradoxical people;
7. Core Catholics, conflict and contestation;
8. Ordinary Catholics and personal morality;
9. English Catholics and religious authority;

Part IV. Conclusions;
10. Religious pluralism and secularisation; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.