'Charles Lemert is one of the most thoughtful and interesting of sociology's postmodernists. He recurrently finds new angles of vision and is especially helpful

Addresses the promises and perils of postmodernity for the church today.

"The Catholic Church has produced countless influential saints, artists, mystics, and intellectuals over the past 2,000 years. Among them are men and women who

The cultural landscape is now made up of diverse "communities"--feminists, gays, neo-conservatists, African-Americans, pro-lifers--who seem to have no common fr