Synopses & Reviews
This reference work provides an historical overview of the people and events that have shaped Roman Catholicism in the United States. The first part of the book is a narrative history of Catholicism in America. This section begins with a look at the roots of the American Catholic tradition during the time of Columbus and the arrival of missionaries to the New World. The chapters that follow trace the history of Catholicism from the colonial period to the present day. The second part of the volume is a biographical dictionary of the most important figures in the American Catholic tradition. Each biographical sketch briefly profiles and assesses the career and contributions of a key figure. Each profile closes with a brief bibliography of the most important works by and about the figure, and the volume concludes with an extensive bibliographical essay.
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Undergraduates and begining graduate students would benefit from this excellent comprehensive history... Because this is such a valuable reference work with bibliographical information on each person, this book belongs on the shelves of college libraries as well as those belonging to professors of religious history.The Catholic Historical Review
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Public, academic, and religious libraries would benefit from adding this unique summary to their collections because of its scholarly emphasis and its extensive mention of further sources to investigate.Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
Synopsis
This reference contains an historical essay on the history of Catholicism in America from the time of Columbus to the present day, a biographical dictionary of the most influential shapers of the American Catholic tradition, and an extensive bibliographical essay.
Synopsis
This reference work provides an historical overview of the people and events that have shaped Roman Catholicism in the United States. The first part of the book is a narrative history of Catholicism in America. This section begins with a look at the roots of the American Catholic tradition during the time of Columbus and the arrival of missionaries to the New World. The chapters that follow trace the history of Catholicism from the colonial period to the present day. The second part of the volume is a biographical dictionary of the most important figures in the American Catholic tradition. Each biographical sketch briefly profiles and assesses the career and contributions of a key figure. Each profile closes with a brief bibliography of the most important works by and about the figure, and the volume concludes with an extensive bibliographical essay.
About the Author
PATRICK W. CAREY is Associate Professor of Theology at Marquette University.
Table of Contents
Preface
Roman Catholicism: A History
Mission Catholicism: 1492-1840
A Free Church in Republican Period: 1776-1815
Crises and Immigrant Catholicism: 1815-1866
Toward Americanism: 1866-1899
Progressive Era Catholicism: 1900-1920
Alienation and Activism: 1920-1945
Cold War Catholicism: 1945-1965
Reform, Pluralism, and Conflict: 1965-1990
Biographical Dictionary of Roman Catholic Leaders
Biographical Sketches
Chronology
Bibliographic Essay
Index