William D Dinges

Biographic Data

ID250018
NAMEWilliam D Dinges
GIVEN NAMESWilliam D
FAMILY NAMEDinges
SIGNATUREDINGES W D
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of America
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS13
TOTAL CITATIONS5
AUTHOR COUNT13
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1985
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
H-INDEX2

  • Latino Catholicism: Transformation in America’s Largest Church

    William D DingesARTICLEJournal of Contemporary Religion2012

  • Politics in the Parish: The Political Influence of Catholic Priests

    William D DingesARTICLEJournal of Church and State2009

    Religious factors play an obvious role in shaping American political approaches. As various political pundits have noted, American Catholics now constitute a critical swing vote even though their overall allegiance has been gradually shifting toward the Republican Party. Nevertheless, Catholic votes matter as they did in the recent presidential election where 54 percent went to the Protestant and pro-choice Barak Obama. Given the electoral import…

  • Sense of the Faithful: How American Catholics Live their Faith

    William D DingesARTICLESociology of Religion2009

    This is an important and insightful book about lived religion, religious agency, the tailoring of religious preferences, and the challenges of contemporary Catholicism. Numerous social science studies have probed Catholic belief and behavior since Vatican II. Few scholars have pursued a more richly ethnographic approach than is offered here. Baggett's study is composed of in-depth interviews conducted over five years with over 300 of the most act…

  • Transforming Catholicism: Liturgical Change in the Vatican Ii Church by David R. Maines and Michael J. McCallion

    Open AccessWilliam D DingesARTICLEJournal for the Scientific Study…2008

  • The new (old) age movement: Assessing a Vatican assessment

    William D DingesARTICLEJournal of Contemporary Religion2004Cited by: 2

    This article examines the recent Vatican document "Jesus Christ the Bearer of the Water of Life: A Christian Reflection on the 'New Age' ". This official Catholic response to a diverse and polycentric religio-spiritual phenomenon reveals problematic conditions and core institutional concerns surrounding religion in the culture of postmodernity. These concerns--which are both cause and effect of the diffusion of Catholic identity--include pollutio…

  • Young Adult Catholics: Religion in the Culture of Choice

    James C Cavendish, Dean R Hoge et al.ARTICLESociology of Religion2003

    Young Adult Catholics: Religion in the Culture of Choice, by Dean R. Hoge, William D. Dinges, Mary Johnson, S.N.D., and Juan L. Gonzales, Jr. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2001, 288 pp. $40.00 (Cloth), $19.00 (Paper) Get access James C. Cavendish James C. Cavendish University of South Florida Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 64, Issue 3, Fall 2003, Pages 413–4…

  • The Smoke of Satan: Conservative and Traditionalist Dissent in Contemporary American Catholicism

    William D Dinges, Michael W CuneoARTICLEJournal for the Scientific Study…1997

    author of this text reveals a disaffected Catholic underground made up of people who see today's post-Vatican II church as a disaster zone. Within this subculture, he discovers several distinct factions - ranging from militant supporters of Rome to apocalyptic groups that take refuge in miraculous apparitions of the Virgin Mary - and provides personal profiles of their members. The Smoke of Satan is a map of this little-known cultural terrain

  • Interpreting the Sacred: Ways of Viewing Religion

    William D Dinges, William E PadenARTICLEReview of Religious Research1993

  • Christian Pilgrimage in Modern Western Europe

    William D DingesREVIEWReview of Religious Research1990Cited by: 1

  • The Dream of the Perfect Acts: An Inquiry into the Fate of Religion in a Secular World

    William D Dinges, Richard K Fenn et al.ARTICLEReview of Religious Research1989

  • Ritual Conflict as Social Conflict: Liturgical Reform in the Roman Catholic Church

    William D DingesARTICLESociological Analysis1987Cited by: 2

    Journal Article Ritual Conflict as Social Conflict: Liturgical Reform in the Roman Catholic Church Get access William D. Dinges William D. Dinges The Catholic University of America Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 48, Issue 2, Summer 1987, Pages 138–157, https://doi.org/10.2307/3711198 Published: 01 January 1987

  • Resistance to Liturgical Change

    William D DingesARTICLELiturgy1986

  • Understanding Religion

    William D Dinges, Eric J SharpeARTICLEReview of Religious Research1985