TY - BOOK AU - Plumer,Eric TI - The Catholic Church and American culture: why the claims of Dan Brown strike a chord SN - 9781589661356 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - BX1406.3 .P58 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - Scranton [Pa.] PB - University of Scranton Press KW - Brown, Dan, KW - Catholic Church KW - United States KW - History KW - 21st century KW - Christianity and culture N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-327) and index; A special note on Angels & Demons -- People and events in the history of anti-Catholicism -- The controversy in the Catholic Church over contraception -- The Catholic Church and the sex abuse scandals -- The controversy in the Catholic Church over homosexuality -- Opus Dei and conspiracy -- Classic voices in American religion : Thomas Jefferson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and William James -- The rise of modern science as a challenge to the Catholic Church -- The rise of modern psychology as a challenge to the Catholic Church -- Mary Magdalene, the place of women in the Catholic Church, and the sexuality of Jesus -- The quest for the historical Jesus ER -