Introduction / T. Frank Kennedy -- Catholicism and American political culture / David Hollenbach -- Resilient citizens / Nancy A. Dallavalle -- Women theologians as gift of an inculturated U.S. American Church / Mary Ann Hinsdale -- The participation of the laity in decision-making in the Church / Francis A. Sullivan -- Business class / John P. Beal -- Beyond "Liberal" and "Conservative" / Mark S. Massa -- A new way of being Church in Asia / Peter C. Phan -- An inculturated Mariology / Natalia M. Imperatori-Lee -- Collective identity and distinctiveness / Mary Johnson -- Religious commitments of young adult Catholics / Dean R. Hoge.