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November 23, 2007 / Volume CXXXIV, Number 20  
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Mind the Gap

The Return of the Lay-Clerical Divide

James D. Davidson | Dean R. Hoge

Recent studies point to a growing gap between the way American Catholic laypeople and priests understand their roles in the church. What is the nature of this divergence, and why has it (...)

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ABOUT THE WRITER

James D. Davidson

James D. Davidson, professor of sociology at Purdue University, is co-author of American Catholics: Gender, Generation, and Commitment (Alta Mira Press, 2001) and The Search for Common Ground: What Unites and Divides Catholic Americans (Our Sunday Visitor, 1997).

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Dean R. Hoge

Dean R. Hoge is professor of sociology at The Catholic University of America.

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