ABSTRACT
Through compelling personal stories and in rich detail, McClain reveals the give-and-take interaction between the institutional church in Rome and the needs of believers and the hands-on clergy who provided their pastoral care within England. In doing so, she illuminates larger issues of how believers and low-level clergy push the limits of official orthodoxy in order to meet devotional needs.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter Chapter 1|40 pages
Knitting the Remnants
Catholic Challenges and Priorities in Protestant England
chapter Chapter 2|27 pages
A“Church” without a Church
English Catholics' Search for Religious Space
1
chapter Chapter 4|34 pages
Reclaiming the Body
Receiving the Benefits of the Mass in the Absence of Priests
chapter Chapter 5|33 pages
Lawyers, Jailbirds, Grocers, and Diplomats
Catholic Options for Piety and Community in London
chapter Chapter 8|40 pages
From the Old Comes the New
Catholic Identities and Alternative Forms of Community
