Prayers of the Faithful is the only book that successfully tracks and explains "change over time" in American Catholic self-understanding as expressed through the lens of prayer. It should be read by anyone who wants to understand the American Catholic soul in the twenty-first century. -- R. Scott Appleby, Professor of History, The University of Notre Dame McCartin offers an important new perspective on the history of prayer. For American Catholics, as for all religious people, prayers were not idle words sent off into an uncomprehending universe. For them, prayer was action, and it had real effects. They were shapers of their own spiritual destiny. -- James M. O'Toole, author of The Faithful: A History of Catholics in America In James McCartin's hands, the habits of prayer become a profound way to examine the shifting ecclesial and political currents of American Catholicism since the Civil War. While well aware of the transnational dimensions of his story, McCartin nonetheless offers a particularly insightful meditation on the Americanness of the spiritual life, the insistent tension between hierarchic authority and individual expression. -- Leigh E. Schmidt, author of Restless Souls: The Making of American Spirituality
James P. McCartin is Assistant Professor of History, Seton Hall University.
Prayers of the Faithful is the only book that successfully
tracks and explains 'change over time' in American Catholic
self-understanding as expressed through the lens of prayer. It
should be read by anyone who wants to understand the American
Catholic soul in the twenty-first century. -- R. Scott Appleby,
Professor of History, University of Notre Dame
McCartin offers an important new perspective on the history of
prayer. For American Catholics, as for all religious people,
prayers were not idle words sent off into an uncomprehending
universe. For them, prayer was action, and it had real effects.
They were shapers of their own spiritual destiny. -- James M.
O'Toole, author of The Faithful: A History of Catholics in
America
In James McCartin's hands, the habits of prayer become a profound
way to examine the shifting ecclesial and political currents of
American Catholicism since the Civil War. While well aware of the
transnational dimensions of his story, McCartin nonetheless offers
a particularly insightful meditation on the Americanness of the
spiritual life, the insistent tension between hierarchic authority
and individual expression. -- Leigh E. Schmidt, author of
Restless Souls: The Making of American Spirituality
McCartin's book provides a good overview and will appeal to readers
interested in contemporary church movements and history. *
Publishers Weekly *
Over the course of the past several decades, many Catholics have
rejected the strict spiritual hierarchy that was, for centuries,
the foundation of the organized church. This dramatic shift in the
practice of the Catholic religion has resulted in the evolution of
prayer itself into an independent-centered activity incorporated
into daily routines rather than a publicly performed and formalized
ritual. -- Margaret Flanagan * Booklist *
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