{"product_id":"the-shared-parish-9781479854394","title":"The Shared Parish","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs\u003cbr\u003efaith communities in the United States grow increasingly more diverse, many\u003cbr\u003echurches are turning to the shared parish, a single church facility\u003cbr\u003eshared by distinct cultural groups who retain their own worship and ministries.\u003cbr\u003eThe fastest growing and most common of these are Catholic parishes shared by\u003cbr\u003eLatinos and white Catholics. Shared parishes remain one of the few institutions\u003cbr\u003ein American society that allows cultural groups to maintain their own language\u003cbr\u003eand customs while still engaging in regular intercultural negotiations\u003cbr\u003eover the shared\u003cbr\u003espace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis\u003cbr\u003ebook explores the shared parish through an in-depth ethnographic study of a\u003cbr\u003eRoman Catholic parish in a small Midwestern city demographically transformed by\u003cbr\u003eMexican immigration in recent decades. Through its depiction of shared parish\u003cbr\u003elife, the book argues for new ways of imagining the U.S. Catholic parish as an\u003cbr\u003eorganization. The parish, argues Brett C. Hoover, must be conceived as both\u003cbr\u003ea congregation and part of a centralized system, and as one\u003cbr\u003epiece in a complex social ecology. The Shared Parish also\u003cbr\u003eposits that the search for identity and adequate intercultural practice in such\u003cbr\u003eparishes might call for\u003cbr\u003enew approaches to cultural diversity in U.S. society, beyond assimilation or\u003cbr\u003emulticulturalism. We must imagine a religious organization that accommodates\u003cbr\u003eboth the need for safe space within distinct groups and for social networks\u003cbr\u003ethat connect these groups as they struggle to respectfully co-exist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brett C. Hoover","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48272848126203,"sku":"9781479854394","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_8159fcba-76fb-449b-9242-927d76ec57eb.jpg?v=1770994268","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-shared-parish-9781479854394","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}