Catholics Britain’s Largest Minority
Catholics Britain’s Largest Minority by Dennis Sewell, published by Penguin in 2002, offers a detailed examination of the evolution of the Catholic community in Britain throughout the 20th century. This edition, comprising 277 pages, explores how Catholics transitioned from societal margins to influential roles in public life, highlighting key figures and their contributions to contemporary British identity.
In this insightful work, Sewell delves into the social diversity within the Catholic community, tracing its development and the emergence of a modern Catholic identity. He discusses notable contributors such as G.K. Chesterton, Evelyn Waugh, and Graham Greene, while also addressing contemporary representatives like Paul Johnson and Ann Widdecombe. The book raises questions about the future of British Catholicism, contemplating whether its current visibility is a fleeting trend or indicative of a lasting presence in society.
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In the course of the 20th century, Britain’s Catholics have made a long journey from the margins of society through gradual acceptance and respectability to positions of great influence and power in public life. In Catholics, Dennis Sewell charts that journey. In the course of exploring the social variety of the Catholic community in Britain and tracing the development of a contemporary Catholic identity through the decades, Sewell highlights the achievements of those who have made distinctively Catholic contributions to our society – such as G.K. Chesterton, Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene – and identifies those who nowadays represent the Catholic community in the public mind – figures like Paul Johnson, Charles Moore, Cristina Odone, Ann Widdecombe and Mark Lawson. He also asks where the future may take British Catholicism – is its current popularity merely a trend or is this a faith with a real future?
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