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Highlights
- Catholicism has had a profound and lasting influence on the shape, the meaning, and the course of American history.
- About the Author: Jay P. Dolan was on the faculty at the University of Notre Dame for 33 years.
- 504 Pages
- Religion + Beliefs, Christianity
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Book Synopsis
Catholicism has had a profound and lasting influence on the shape, the meaning, and the course of American history. Now, in the first book to reflect the new communal and social awakening which emerged from Vatican Council II, here is a vibrant and compelling history of the American Catholic experience--one that will surely become the standard volume for this decade, and decades to come. Spanning nearly five hundred years, the narrative eloquently describes the Catholic experience from the arrival of Columbus and the other European explorers to the present day. It sheds fascinating new light on the work of the first vanguard of missionaries, and on the religious struggles and tensions of the early settlers. We watch Catholicism as it spread across the New World, and see how it transformed--and was transformed by--the land and its people. We follow the evolution of the urban ethnic communities and learn about the vital contributions of the immigrant church to Catholicism. And finally, we share in the controversy of the modern church and the extraordinary changes in the Catholic consciousness as it comes to grips with such contemporary social and theological issues as war and peace and the arms race, materialism, birth control and abortion, social justice, civil rights, religious freedom, the ordination of women, and married clergy. The American Catholic Experience is not just the history of an institution, but a chronicle of the dreams and aspirations, the crises and faith, of a thriving, ever-evolving religious community. It provides a penetrating and deeply thoughtful look at an experience as diverse, as exciting, and as powerful as America itself.About the Author
Jay P. Dolan was on the faculty at the University of Notre Dame for 33 years. While at Notre Dame he founded the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism in 1975 and was the director of the center until 1993. As an American Catholic history specialist, he published a number of books in the field, including In Search of an American Catholicism: A History of Religion and Culture in Tension and The American Catholic Experience: A History from Colonial Times to the Present.Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x 1.01 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.47 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 504
Genre: Religion + Beliefs
Sub-Genre: Christianity
Publisher: Galilee Trade
Theme: Catholic
Format: Paperback
Author: Jay P Dolan
Language: English
Street Date: August 18, 1987
TCIN: 1004884505
UPC: 9780385152075
Item Number (DPCI): 247-13-0819
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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