American Catholics: A History of the Roman Catholic Community in the United StatesOxford University Press, 1983 M03 24 - 406 pages Written by one of the foremost historians of American Catholicism, this book presents a comprehensive history of the Roman Catholic Church in America from colonial times to the present. Hennesey examines, in particular, minority Catholics and developments in the western part of the United States, a region often overlooked in religious histories. |
Contents
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| 23 | |
Louisiana | 31 |
Virginia Pennsylvania and | 46 |
Revolution | 55 |
Organization of a Church | 69 |
The Failure of Carrolls Plans | 89 |
The Era of the Common | 101 |
Abolition and Civil | 143 |
XIII | 158 |
The Gilded | 172 |
Growing Pains in the Catholic Community | 184 |
The End of the Beginning | 204 |
So Certain and Set Apart | 221 |
XVIII | 234 |
We Shall Not Wither Up and Blow Away | 254 |
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