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Roman Catholicism in the United States : A Thematic History.

McGuinness, Margaret M.

Roman Catholicism in the United States : A Thematic History. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (353 pages) - Catholic Practice in North America Series . - Catholic Practice in North America Series .

Cover -- Roman Catholicism in the United States -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Introduction: Writing American Catholic History -- Part I. Beyond the Parish -- 1. Ambiguous Welcome: The Protestant Response to American Catholics -- 2. Latino Catholics in the Southwest -- 3. Left Coast Catholicism: The Tradition of Dissent in the California Church -- 4. Strangers in Our Midst: Catholics in Rural America -- 5. "An Embassy to a Golf Course?" Conundrums on the Road to the United States' Diplomatic Representation to the Holy See, 1784-1984 -- Part II. Engaging the World -- 6. American and Catholic and Literature: What Cultural History Helps Reveal -- 7. Gospel Zeal: Missionary Citizens Overseas and Armchair Missionaries at Home -- American Catholic Missions in China, 1900-1989 -- 8. Northern Settlement Houses and Southern Welfare Centers: The Sisters of Our Lady of Christian Doctrine, 1910-1971 -- 9. Pulp Catholicism: Catholics in American Popular Film -- Part III. Prophetic Catholicism -- 10. American Catholic Social Thought in the Twentieth Century -- 11. Catholics, Communism, and African Americans -- 12. Praying in the Public Square: Catholic Piety Meets Civil Rights, War, and Abortion -- 13. The Resurrection Project of Mexican Catholic Chicago: Spiritual Activism and Liberating Praxis -- 14. The Church and American Catholics -- Epilogue -- List of Contributors.

A collection of essays examining Catholicism in the United States from a variety of perspectives. The volume is divided into three sections: "'Beyond the Parish,' 'Presence in the World,' and 'Prophetic Catholicism'." Essay topics include: anti-Catholicism, women religious, Latino/a Catholicism, Catholicism and Popular Culture, and Rural Catholcism.

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