| Description |
1 online resource (x, 181 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Series |
Religion in American life |
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Religion in American life
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| Contents |
Catholics in the New World -- Building an American Catholic community -- The rise of the immigrant church -- Catholic and American -- Reformers and crusaders -- The uneasy triumph of Catholic America -- The people of God divided? |
| Summary |
Catholicism has grown from a suppressed and persecuted outsiders' religion in the American colonies to become the nation's single largest denomination. James Fisher surveys more than four centuries of Catholics' involvement in American history, starting his narrative with one of the first Spanish expeditions to Florida, in 1528. He follows the transformation of Catholicism into one of America's most culturally and ethnically diverse religions, including the English Catholics' early settlement in Maryland, the Spanish missions to the Native Americans, the Irish and German poor who came in searc |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-176) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Catholic Church -- United States -- History.
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| SUBJECT |
Catholic Church fast |
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Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld gnd |
| Subject |
RELIGION -- Christianity -- Catholic.
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Einwanderer
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Katholizismus
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Church history.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139926
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
Church history
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199842254 |
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0199842256 |
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128300996X |
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9781283009966 |
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9786613009968 |
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6613009962 |
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