| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 402 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Part I. On the fringes of empire. -- Profile : Eusebio Kino, S.J. -- Spain's North American frontier -- France in America -- Catholics in the British Colonies -- Part II: Growing with the nation, 1815-1870. -- Profile : Samuel Mazzuchelli, O.P. -- The frontier church -- An urban stronghold -- Slavery and the Civil War -- Part III: A turbulent passage, 1871-1919. -- Profile : Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, M.S.C. -- Institutional growing pains -- A people numerous and varied -- "They are afraid of democracy at Rome" -- Part IV: Exuberant maturity, 1920-1962. Profile : John C. Cort -- This confident church -- Catholic minds : education and intellectual life -- Public Catholicism : politics and social movements -- Part V: A world unbound, 1963-2015. Profile : Patricia Caron Crowley -- Something like a revolution -- Toward an uncertain future |
| Summary |
"This comprehensive survey of Catholic history in what became the United States spans nearly five hundred years, from the arrival of the first Spanish missionaries to the present. Distinguished historian Leslie Tentler explores lay religious practice and the impact of clergy on Catholic life and culture as she seeks to answer the question, What did it mean to be a "good Catholic" at particular times and in particular places? In its focus on Catholics' participation in American politics and Catholic intellectual life, this book includes in-depth discussions of Catholics, race, and the Civil War; Catholics and public life in the twentieth century; and Catholic education and intellectual life. Shedding light on topics of recent interest such as the role of Catholic women in parish and community life, Catholic reproductive ethics regarding birth control, and the Catholic church sex abuse crisis, this engaging history provides an up-to-date account of the history of American Catholicism."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
|
Print version record |
| Subject |
Catholic Church -- United States.
|
| SUBJECT |
Catholic Church fast |
| Subject |
Catholics -- United States -- History
|
|
Catholics -- United States -- Intellectual life
|
|
RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
|
|
Catholics
|
|
Catholics -- Intellectual life
|
|
United States
|
| Genre/Form |
History
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
9780300252194 |
|
0300252196 |
|
