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Anti-Catholicism has an extended history in America. So that as Philip Jenkins argues in The New Anti-Catholicism, this virulent strain of hatred - once thought inactive - is alive and well in our country, but few people appear to notice, or attention. A declaration that sometimes appears as racist, misogynistic, anti-Semitic, or homophobic can haunt a presenter for years, writes Jenkins, but it continues to be possible to make hostile and vituperative general public statements about Roman Catholicism without fear of serious repercussions. Jenkins shines a light on anti-Catholic sentiment in American culture and illuminates its triggers, looking carefully at gay and feminist anti-Catholicism, anti-Catholic rhetoric and imagery in the media, and the anti-Catholicism of the academic world. For magazines and newsmagazines, for tv set media and in videos, for major reserve web publishers, the Catholic Church has come to provide a grossly stereotyped general public villain. Catholic views, doctrines, and individual leaders are frequently the butt of tough satire. Indeed, the notion that the church is a dangerous enemy of women - the thought of Catholic misogyny - is commonly accepted in the news media and in popular culture, says Jenkins. Along with the recent pedophile priest scandal, he shows, has revived many early anti-Catholic stereotypes. It had been said that with the election of John F. Kennedy, anti-Catholicism in America was inactive. This provocative new audiobook corrects that illusion, drawing focus on this important concern.
