1. People and Events in the History of Anti-Catholicism
2. The Controversy in the Catholic Church over Contraception
3. The Catholic Church and the Sex Abuse Scandals
4. The Controversy in the Church over Homosexuality
5. Opus Dei and Conspiracy
6. Classic Voices in American Religion: Thomas Jefferson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and William James
7. The Rise of Modern Science as a Challenge to the Catholic Church
8. The Rise of Modern Psychology as a Challenge to the Catholic Church
9. Mary Magdalene, the Place of Women in the Catholic Church, and the Sexuality of Jesus
10. The Quest for the Historical Jesus