Confession

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Confession is written by Patrick W. Carey and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0190889152 (ISBN 10) and 9780190889159 (ISBN 13).

Confession is a history of penance as a virtue and a sacrament in the United States from about 1634, when Catholicism arrived in Maryland, to 2015, fifty years after the major theological and disciplinary changes initiated by the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965.) In the years since the Council, penitential language has been overshadowed increasingly by the language of conflict and controversy. In today's social and political climate, Confession may help Americans understand how much their society has departed from the penitential language of the earlier American tradition, and consider the advantages and disadvantages of such a departure.