Michele Dillon Knihy

Exploring the complex relationship between personal beliefs and institutional teachings, this book delves into the experiences of American Catholics who embrace progressive views on issues like homosexuality, women's ordination, and abortion. Through in-depth interviews, it reveals why these individuals choose to remain within the Church despite feeling marginalized. The author, Michele Dillon, highlights the motivations and challenges faced by pro-change Catholics, offering insights into their commitment to the faith even in the face of significant doctrinal disagreements.

The extensively revised and updated second edition combines carefully chosen primary quotes with wide-ranging discussion and everyday illustrative examples to provide an in-depth introduction to classical and contemporary sociological theory.

Exploring themes of depression, healing, and hope, this collection presents poems written chronologically over the course of a year. Michele Dillon shares her personal journey, offering readers an intimate glimpse into her emotional struggles and the transformative process of finding light amidst darkness.

Michele Dillon's debut poetry collection explores her personal journey through depression and healing, capturing the struggle to find hope and rediscover life. The poems reflect her emotional landscape, offering readers a poignant glimpse into the transformative power of resilience and the search for light amid darkness.

Postsecular Catholicism examines how secular realities and doctrinal ideas intersect in the lives of American Catholics in the Pope Francis era, and in the Church's articulation of its teachings on sexual and family morality, gender, and economic and social inclusion.