Faithful Revolution How Voice of the Faithful Is Changing the Church [Hardcover]

In January 2002, reeling from a growing awareness of child sexual abuse within their church, a small group of Catholics gathered after Mass in the basement of a parish in Wellesley, Massachusetts to mourn and react. They began to mobilize around supporting victims of abuse, supporting non-abusive priests, and advocating for structural change in the Catholic Church so that abuse would no longer occur. Voice of the Faithful (VOTF) built a movement by harnessing the faith and fury of a nation of Catholics shocked by reports of abuse and institutional complicity. Tricia Colleen Bruce offers an in-depth look at the development of Voice of the Faithful, showing their struggle to challenge Church leaders and advocate for internal change while being accepted as legitimately Catholic. Guided by the stories of individual participants,Faithful Revolutionbrings to light the intense identity negotiations that accompany a challenge to one's own religion and offers a meaningful way to learn about Catholic identity, intrainstitutional social movements, and the complexity of institutional structures.

Introduction
Chapter One: The Beginning
Chapter Two: Banned
Chapter Three: Supporting Survivors
Chapter Four: Moving Beyond Abuse
Chapter Five: Collective Memories
Chapter Six: On Being Catholic
Chapter Seven: The Salience of Culture
Chapter Eight: A Bounded Repertoire
Chapter Nine: Social Movements, Institutions, and Religion
Conclusion
Appendix: Methodology
Notes
Works Cited

Tricia Colleen Bruce's new book could not come at a better time.Faithful Revolutionmakes a significant contribution to the study of social movements. --Mobilization

What [Bruce] does especially well, and is evidenced throughout her book, is tease out the analytical nuances derived from her deft framing of VOTF as an 'intrainstitutional social movement.' this fine book provides an excellent model for the very sort of sclcé