Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Sources and Contexts. "The Story Is What Saves Us" -- The Catholic Intellectual Tradition -- Passing on the Faith -- The (Catholic) Politics of Catholic Studies -- Part II: Traditions and Methods. Catholic Studies and Religious Studies -- A Definition of Catholic -- Method and Conversion in Catholic Studies -- Part III: Pedagogy and Practice. Catholic Studies in the Spirit of "Do Whatever He Tells You" -- Afflicting the Comfortable -- Teaching About Women, Gender, and American Catholicism -- Visual Literacy and Catholic Studies -- Part IV: Ethnicity, Race, and Catholic Studies. We Have Been Believers -- Asian American Catholic Experience and Catholic Studies -- Working Toward an Inclusive Narrative -- Part V: The Catholic Imagination. Seeing Catholicly -- Cultural Studies Between Heaven and Earth -- Catholic Studies and the Sacramental Imaginary.

Divided into five interrelated themes - sources and contexts traditions and methods, pedagogy and practice, ethnicity, race and Catholic studies, and the Catholic imagination - the editors provide readers with the opportunity to understand the great diversity within this area of study.

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