Innovative Catholicism and the Human Condition

Innovative Catholicism and the Human Condition gives an anthropological account of an international progressive religious movement in the Roman Catholic Church that is attempting to reconcile religious conviction and reason.

Jane Anderson is a social anthropologist and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia. She has undertaken research on clergy, celibacy and sexuality, and ecclesial conflict.

1. The Research Project 2. Reconceptualising the Person 3. Revising the Self 4. Updating Identity 5. Modernising Morality 6. Adapting Governance 7. Reconfiguring Ritual 8. Scrutinising Worldviews 9. Conclusion