In search of an American Catholicism : a history of religion and culture in tension / Jay P. Dolan.
In search of an American Catholicism : a history of religion and culture in tension / Jay P. Dolan.
In search of an American Catholicism : a history of religion and culture in tension / Jay P. Dolan.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2002.
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N282.73/ 18
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English
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viii, 312 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. Catholicism in an Age of Democracy -- 2. The Romanization of Catholicism -- 3. In Search of an American Catholicism -- 4. Competing Visions -- 5. An American Religion and a Roman Church, 1920-2001.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2002.
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England
Date Published
c2002.
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"For more than two hundred years, writes eminent Catholic historian Jay P. Dolan, Catholics have struggled to reconcile two sets of values, as Americans and as Catholics. In this incisive account, Dolan explores how Catholics have met the challenges they have faced as New World followers of an Old World faith.".
"The ideals of democracy - and American culture in general - have deeply shaped Catholicism in the United States, Dolan argues, even as far back as 1789, when the nation's first bishop was elected by the clergy (and the pope accepted their choice). Dolan follows the tension between American democratic values and Catholic doctrine, from the conserva...
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In search of an American Catholicism : a history of religion and culture in tension / Jay P. Dolan.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-281) and index.
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c2002.
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N282.73/ 18
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0195069269 (alk. paper)
9780195069266 (alk. paper)
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282.73
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991016906349702626
