With one of the longest and richest histories of any religious denomination in America, the Roman Catholics are profiled here from Colonial times to the present.
Preface
Abbreviations
Roman Catholicism: A History
Colonial Catholicism: 1492-1840
A Free Church in a Free State: 1776-1815
Internal Conflicts, Nativism, and Immigrant Catholicism:
1815-1866
Reconstruction and Expansion: 1866-1884
Americanism: 1884-1899
Catholicism in the Progressive Era: 1900-1920
The Roaring Twenties, the Depression, and World War II:
1920-1945
Catholicism in the Cold War: 1945-1965
Post-Vatican II Catholicism: 1965-1990
Troubled Times: 1990-2003
Notes
A Biographical Dictionary of Catholic Leaders
Biographical Sketches
Chronology
List of References for Further Reading
Index
PATRICK W. CAREY is Professor of Theology at Marquette University. He is a former president of the American Catholic HIstorical Society, and the former chair of the Department of Theology at Marquette. His work has appeared in such publications as Church History, Catholic Historical Review, Journal of the Early American Public, and others. Among his published books are Theological Education in the Catholic Tradition: Contemporary Challenges (1996), The Roman Catholics (Greenwood, 1993), and People, Priests and Prelates: Ecclesiastical Democracy and the Tensions of Trusteeism (1987).
"[P]atrick Carey's history provides an excellent overview of
American Catholicism that will interest both scholars and general
audiences."-The Journal of Religion
"Well researched and scholarly in tone and purpose, this is
suitable for academic libraries."-Library Journal
?Carey presents a dutiful, accessible, and even-handed descriptive
account of the major historical developments and events in American
Catholicism from a brief review of Colonial Catholicism to current
"troubled times."?-Conscience
?Carey writes with clarity and grace, deftly guiding readers
through the intricacies of American Catholic history. Especially
impressive is the way the author balances hierarchical and clerical
perspectives with those of the laity and external observers of the
Catholic scene. Carey integrates an amazing amount of detail into
this concise, carefully structured history, making the
controversies and historical protagonists come alive, whether the
focus is on the Colonial era, Americanism in the 1890s, Cold War
Catholicism, or the escalation of the crisis over sexual abuse by
clergy at the turn of the 21st century. Highly recommended.
Undergraduates; professionals and practitioners; and general
readers.?-Choice
?In this crisply written volume, Patrick Carey combines a detailed
narrative of American Catholic history with brief biographies of
leaders ranging from Charles Carroll to Joseph Bernardin.?-Catholic
Library World
?Well researched and scholarly in tone and purpose, this is
suitable for academic libraries.?-Library Journal
"Carey presents a dutiful, accessible, and even-handed descriptive
account of the major historical developments and events in American
Catholicism from a brief review of Colonial Catholicism to current
"troubled times.""-Conscience
"In this crisply written volume, Patrick Carey combines a detailed
narrative of American Catholic history with brief biographies of
leaders ranging from Charles Carroll to Joseph Bernardin."-Catholic
Library World
"Carey writes with clarity and grace, deftly guiding readers
through the intricacies of American Catholic history. Especially
impressive is the way the author balances hierarchical and clerical
perspectives with those of the laity and external observers of the
Catholic scene. Carey integrates an amazing amount of detail into
this concise, carefully structured history, making the
controversies and historical protagonists come alive, whether the
focus is on the Colonial era, Americanism in the 1890s, Cold War
Catholicism, or the escalation of the crisis over sexual abuse by
clergy at the turn of the 21st century. Highly recommended.
Undergraduates; professionals and practitioners; and general
readers."-Choice
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