The Search for Common Ground: What Unites and Divides Catholic Americans oop

• How does a Catholic who grew up under the influence of post-Vatican II teaching differ from a Catholic who came of age in the days of the Latin Mass?
• What, if anything, do these two types of Catholics have in common with Catholics who matured in the Faith during the years of change following the Second Vatican Council?
• What do the differences and similarities among these three groups mean for the future of the Church?

In this groundbreaking book, James Davidson of Purdue University and his associates have undertaken the most extensive study of the beliefs and religious activity of currently practicing, as well as non-practicing, Catholics.  While other studies have profiled individuals individuals who identified themselves as Catholic by birth or origin, this unique, interdisciplinary study is the first ever to examine the actual Faith profile of active, Church-attending, affiliated Catholics of all ages.

By investigating the extent of diversity and similarity among American Catholics, Davidson and his team discovered that the single most important attribute contributing to pluralism in today's Church is not race, ethnicity, or gender, but birth cohort -- whether a person's formative religious experiences came before, during, or after Vatican II.