For I Have Sinned: The Rise and Fall of Catholic Confession in America

The history of US Catholicism is the history of confession. For I Have Sinned charts the rise of confession as the defining ritual of American Catholic piety and identity—and its fall, as clergy sex-abuse scandals and the cultural shifts of the 1970s decimated interest in a practice that, today, is alien even to most faithful believers.

• | Author: James M. O’Toole
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 04, 2025
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9780674294523
• | ISBN-10: 0674294521