This book explores the lay vocation through the eyes of American Catholics in the twentieth century. This lively group of disciples illustrates larger issues confronting religious persons today. For imbedded in the story of American lay Catholics is a deep struggle over the Spirt, the church, and the meaning of private and public life. From the Catholic Worker to the United Farm Workers, from the Christian Family Movement to the charismatics, from John F. Kennedy to Mario Cuomo, laity wrestled with the place of their faith in a changing American culture. Claire Wolfteich tells their stories and brings a theological analysis to shed light on the formation of religious people today.
