Happenings
-
Child Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church: Gender, Power, and Organizational Culture, by Marie Keenan (2011)
“Among the explanations posited for child sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy is the notion that abusers constitute a few ‘bad apples’ in an otherwise healthy orchard. In writing Child Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church: Gender, Power, and Organizational… Continue reading
-
Recent reviews of Faithful Revolution
Spring 2012 introduced another round of journal reviews for my book, Faithful Revolution: How Voice of the Faithful Is Changing the Church (Oxford UP, 2011). A review written by John C. Seitz (author of No Closure: Catholic Practice and Boston’s Parish… Continue reading
-
Visiting the Highlander Center with my social movements class
What better way to bring social movements to life than with a visit to the Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market, TN with my Collective Behavior & Social Movements class. Rich in movement history and social activism, the… Continue reading
-
Sociology and Sustainability
Earth Week provides good occasion to reflect upon connections between sustainability and one’s own field. A recent Sustainability Workshop for Maryville College faculty gave me the chance to do just that. In what ways does Sociology incorporate intentional consideration of the earth… Continue reading
-
Thank You to The Louisville Institute
I offer my sincere gratitute to The Louisville Institute for supporting my current research on “personal” (non-territorial) parishes in the Catholic Church. Thanks to a 2012 Project Grant for Researchers, I will be able to expand my work nationally and… Continue reading
-
Faithful Revolution Reviewed in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
The most recent issue of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (December 2011) features a review of Faithful Revolution written by Jerome P. Baggett (Jesuit School of Theology, Santa Clara University). A snippet from the first paragraph: “This is a fascinating story.… Continue reading
-
Faithful Revolution profiled in Catholic Books Review
Catholic Books Review has just published a review of my book, Faithful Revolution: How Voice of the Faithful Is Changing the Church (Oxford UP 2011). Following an insightful summary, Melissa Cidade of CARA (Georgetown University) suggests that “This book would… Continue reading
-
Understanding “Occupy Wall Street”
With “Occupy Wall Street” taking hold in cities across the U.S., social movement scholars have been called upon to provide a framework through which to better understand organic uprisings. In my own conversation with a Knoxville reporter for WBIR-TV, I… Continue reading
-
Review of my book (Faithful Revolution) published in Mobilization: An International Quarterly
The latest issue of Mobilization: An International Quarterly (September 2011) features a review of my book, Faithful Revolution: How Voice of the Faithful Is Changing the Church. Reviewer Grace Yukich (Princeton University) suggests that the book “could not come at… Continue reading
-
Presentations at the Association for the Sociology of Religion and American Sociological Association Annual Meetings, Las Vegas
I’ve just returned from Las Vegas, NV after presenting papers at the Association for the Sociology of Religion and American Sociological Association Annual Meetings. My first paper was part of a great panel of scholars (Orit Avishai, Lynne Gerber, and… Continue reading
Tricia C. Bruce, PhD 