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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783357003321

Autore

Jenkins Philip <1952->

Titolo

The new anti-Catholicism [[electronic resource] ] : the last acceptable prejudice / / Philip Jenkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003

ISBN

0-19-774021-9

0-19-992389-2

1-280-50227-4

0-19-803527-6

0-19-518440-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Disciplina

305.6/2073

Soggetti

Anti-Catholicism - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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?

Sommario/riassunto

It is still possible to make remarkably hostile and vituperative public statements about Roman Catholicism without fear of serious repercussions. Jenkins seeks to shine a light on the widespread anti-Catholic sentiment in American society and to determine its causes.