The Making of American Catholicism : : Regional Culture and the Catholic Experience / / Michael J. Pfeifer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
• VerfasserIn: Pfeifer, Michael J.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Traces the development of Catholic cultures in the South, the Midwest, the West, and the Northeast, and their contribution to larger patterns of Catholicism in the United StatesMost histories of American Catholicism take a national focus, leading to a homogenization of American Catholicism that misses much of the local complexity that has marked how Catholicism developed differently in different parts of the country. Such histories often treat northeastern Catholicism, such as the Irish Catholicism of Boston, as if it reflects the full history and experience of Catholicism across the United States.The Making of American Catholicism argues that regional and transnational relationships have been central to the development of American Catholicism. The American Catholic experience has diverged significantly among regions; if we do not examine how it has taken shape in local cultures, we miss a lot. Exploring the history of Catholic cultures in New Orleans, Iowa, Wisconsin, Los Angeles, and New York City, the volume assesses the role of region in American Catholic history, carefully exploring the development of American Catholic cultures across the continental United States.Drawing on extensive archival research, The Making of American Catholicism argues that American Catholicism developed as transnational Catholics creatively adapted their devotional and ideological practices in particular American regional contexts. They emphasized notions of republicanism, individualistic capitalism, race, ethnicity, and gender, resulting in a unique form of Catholicism that dominates the United States today.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Strange Career of New Orleans Catholicism: Race and Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, 1905– 2006 -- 2. The Making of a Midwestern Catholicism: Transnational Identities, Ethnicity, and Catholic Culture in Iowa City, 1840– 1940 -- 3. Wisconsin Marianism and Upper Midwestern Catholic Culture, 1858– 2010 -- 4. La Placita and the Evolution of Catholic Religiosity in Los Angeles -- 5. Holy Cross on West Forty- Second and the Transformation of New York City’s Irish American Catholicism -- Epilogue: Catholicism, Regions, and American History -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author