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" The new anti-Catholicism : "
Philip Jenkins.
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BL
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1043826
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b798196
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| Main Entry
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Jenkins, Philip,1952-
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The new anti-Catholicism : : the last acceptable prejudice /\ Philip Jenkins.
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2003.
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1 online resource (vii, 258 pages)
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0195184408
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: 0198035276
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: 6610502277
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: 9780195184402
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: 9780198035275
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: 9786610502271
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0195154800
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1280502274
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9780195154801
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9781280502279
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Limits of hatred -- The Catholic menace -- Catholics and liberals -- The Church hates women -- The Church kills gays -- Catholics and the news media -- "The perp walk of sacramental perverts" : the pedophile priest crisis -- Catholics in movies and television -- Black legends : rewriting Catholic history -- The end of prejudice?
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Anti-Catholicism has a long history in America. And as Philip Jenkins argues in The new anti-Catholicism, this virulent strain of hatred--once thought dead--is alive and well in our nation, but few people seem to notice, or care. A statement that is seen as racist, misogynistic, anti-Semitic, or homophobic can haunt a speaker for years, writes Jenkins, but it is still possible to make hostile and vituperative public statements about Roman Catholicism without fear of serious repercussions. Jenkins shines a light on anti-Catholic sentiment in American society and illuminates its causes, looking closely at gay and feminist anti-Catholicism, anti-Catholic rhetoric and imagery in the media, and the anti-Catholicism of the academic world. For newspapers and newsmagazines, for television news and in movies, for major book publishers, the Catholic Church has come to provide a grossly stereotyped public villain. Catholic opinions, doctrines, and individual leaders are frequently the butt of harsh satire. Indeed, the notion that the church is a deadly enemy of women, the idea of Catholic misogyny, is commonly accepted in the news media and in popular culture, says Jenkins. And the recent pedophile priest scandal, he shows, has revived many ancient anti-Catholic stereotypes. It was said that with the election of John F. Kennedy, anti-Catholicism in America was dead. This provocative new book corrects that illusion, drawing attention to this important issue.
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Anti-Catholicism-- United States.
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Anti-Catholicism.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Discrimination Race Relations.
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United States.
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305.6/2073
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BX1770.J46 2003eb
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