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Big families

* Even saints have blind spots. Your article on Fr. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy and his actions for peace (NCR, Oct. 20) was inspiring to me until I...
National Catholic Reporter, 11/17/06 by Dean R. Hoge · More from publication
Center of Catholic identity

Like other centuries-old religious traditions, Catholicism encompasses an array of texts, teachings, rituals, devotions, prophets, reformers and...
National Catholic Reporter, 09/30/05 by Dean R. Hoge · More from publication
Attitudes of Catholics highly committed to the church

Leaders of churches, both Catholic and non-Catholic, are especially interested in hearing the views of laity who are strongly committed. These lay...
National Catholic Reporter, 09/30/05 by Dean R. Hoge · More from publication
Denominational identity from age sixteen to age thirty-eight

A sample of suburban Baptist, Catholic, and Methodist youth first studied in 1975 at an average age of 16 were re-interviewed when they were 38...
Sociology of Religion, 03/22/04 by Dean R. Hoge · More from publication
What is most central to being a Catholic?

Today Catholics everywhere are talking about the problem of Catholic identity. "What does it mean to be a Catholic?" "What is distinctive about...
National Catholic Reporter, 10/29/99 by Dean R. Hoge · More from publication
Who gives to the church and why - Cover Story

A survey of church contributors reveals that 'high-expectation' churches tend to have greater and more dependable contributions than do the...
Christian Century, 12/04/96 by Dean R. Hoge · More from publication

Changes in satisfaction and institutional attitudes of Catholic priests, 1970-1993

A 1970 survey of American Catholic diocesan priests was replicated in 1985 and 1993, producing trend data on morale, theological and...
Sociology of Religion, 06/22/95 by Dean R. Hoge · More from publication
Poll raises questions about future Catholic identity - U.S. Catholicism: Trends in the '90s - NCR/Gallup Poll Supplement

A Catholic University sociologist finds significant changes in Catholics' answers to similar questions since a 1987 poll. More respondents openly...
National Catholic Reporter, 10/08/93 by Dean Hoge · More from publication