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"Andrew Greeley is a national treasure, but he's also a Chicago Catholic. No one is more qualified to write this book, and it contains everything we have come to expect from him: solid evidence, insightful interpretation, hard-hitting and passionately presented conclusions. It is vintage Greeley, which means that it informs and provokes as only he can." 

—Mark Chaves, Duke University

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Andrew M. Greeley (1928-2013) was a Catholic priest, best-selling novelist, and sociologist. He was professor of social science at the University of Chicago and member of its National Opinion Research Center (NORC). His books include Faithful Attraction, The Denominational Society, Unsecular Man, Death and Beyond, and The Church and the Suburbs.

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  • Hardcover: 218 pages
  • Publisher: Transaction Publishers; First Edition (US) First Printing edition (October 15, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1412814790
  • ISBN-13: 978-1412814799
  • Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 6.2 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #501,563 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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40 of 40 people found the following review helpful By P. A. Lawless on November 12, 2010
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This is probably Andrew Greeley's last book. He finished the major work on it just before his serious head injury, and his colleagues and editors brought it to publication. Greeley writes in the Foreword: "The late Cardinal Albert Meyer sent me to graduate school to learn sociology so I could study the Archdiocese. He was succeeded by Cardinal John Cody who did not need a sociologist or anyone else to help him. Thereupon I disappeared, even from the directory of Chicago priests for some years. This is a project I've always wanted to do and for which I was trained a half century ago. It occurred to me as I approached my eightieth birthday that time was running out ... so if I was to study the sociology of the Archdiocese I'd better do it myself while there was still time."

The study he designed and financed involved about 524 participants. Many of the conclusions from the surveys are in line with conclusions he has found from other less-focused surveys. Greeley rightfully sees the hope in those conclusions. Because it is a probability survey, there is some consideration given to validly applying those conclusions to the church in the US.

Because a number of respondents who had left the Catholic church seemed willing, even eager, to discuss their choices, there were some follow-up interviews included in the appendix, with Greeley offering some comments at the end of each one. These interviews are by far the most difficult part of the book to read and reflect on. They represent the failures of the Catholic church to be the bearer of good news to its own members. No church should accept such failures without serious soul-searching.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful By ray on April 17, 2011
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Andrew Greeley approaches his books or articles to share insights about subjects or people based on thier opinions or reactions. Andrew does not try to influence an outcome, but allows his subjects or people to give their view. I also like his style of writing. It is more down to earth than written with a lot of tecnical language.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful By Evelyn McInerney on June 22, 2013
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This certainly was not totally written by Greeley. We have been great fans of all of his books, fiction as well as non-fiction and this did not meet any of his standards. The price of the book is what astounded me. It was a book of numbers which have been available to anyone reading about the Catholic Church. We thought it was something new.
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