Roman Catholicism in the United States : : A Thematic History / / ed. by James T. Fisher, Margaret M. McGuinness.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• MitwirkendeR: Allitt, Patrick,; Burns, Jeffrey M.,; Cadegan, Una M.,; Carbonneau, Robert E.,; Davalos, Karen Mary,; Domenico, Roy,; Fisher, James T.,; Gillis, Chester,; Marlett, Jeffrey,; Matovina, Timothy,; McCartin, James P.,; McGuinness, Margaret M.,; Moore, Cecilia A.,; Shannon, Christopher,; Smith, Anthony Burke,
• TeilnehmendeR: Allitt, Patrick.; Burns, Jeffrey M.; Cadegan, Una.; Carbonneau, Robert.; Davalos, Karen.; Domenico, Roy.; Gillis, Chester.; Marlett, Jeffrey.; Matovina, Timothy.; McCartin, James.; Moore, Cecilia.; Shannon, Christopher S.; Smith, Anthony.
• HerausgeberIn: Fisher, James T.,; McGuinness, Margaret M.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Catholic Practice in North America
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (384 p.)

Roman Catholicism in the United States: A Thematic History takes the reader beyond the traditional ways scholars have viewed and recounted the story of the Catholic Church in America. The collection covers unfamiliar topics such as anti-Catholicism, rural Catholicism, Latino Catholics, and issues related to the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Vatican and the U.S. government. The book continues with fascinating discussions on popular culture (film and literature), women religious, and the work of U.S. missionaries in other countries. The final section of the books is devoted to Catholic social teaching, tackling challenging and sometimes controversial subjects such as the relationship between African American Catholics and the Communist Party, Catholics in the civil rights movement, the abortion debate, issues of war and peace, and Vatican II and the American Catholic Church.Roman Catholicism in the United States examines the history of U.S. Catholicism from a variety of perspectives that transcend the familiar account of the immigrant, urban parish, which served as the focus for so many American Catholics during the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth centuries.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction. Writing American Catholic History -- Part One. Beyond the Parish -- One. Ambiguous Welcome: The Protestant Response to American Catholics -- Two. Latino Catholics in the Southwest -- Three. Left Coast Catholicism: The Tradition of Dissent in the California Church -- Four. Strangers in Our Midst: Catholics in Rural America -- Five. "An Embassy to a Golf Course?": Conundrums on the Road to the United States' Diplomatic Repre sen ta tion to the Holy See, 1784-1984 -- Part Two. Engaging the World -- Six. American and Catholic and Lit er a ture: What Cultural History Helps Reveal -- Seven. Gospel Zeal: Missionary Citizens Overseas and Armchair Missionaries at Home; American Catholic Missions in China, 1900-1989 -- Eight. Northern Settlement Houses and Southern Welfare Centers: The Sisters of Our Lady of Christian Doctrine, 1910-1971 -- Nine. Pulp Catholicism: Catholics in American Popular Film -- Ten. American Catholic Social Thought in the Twentieth Century -- Eleven. Catholics, Communism, and African Americans -- Twelve. Praying in the Public Square: Catholic Piety Meets Civil Rights, War, and Abortion -- Thirteen. The Resurrection Proj ect of Mexican Catholic Chicago: Spiritual Activism and Liberating Praxis -- Fourteen. The Church and American Catholics -- Epilogue -- Contributors