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The faithful departed : the collapse of Boston's Catholic culture / Philip F. Lawler.
Van Pelt Library BX1418.B7 L39 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lawler, Philip F.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catholic Church--Massachusetts--Boston.
- Catholic Church.
- Boston (Mass.)--Religious life and customs.
- Boston (Mass.).
- Boston (Mass.)--Church history.
- Massachusetts--Boston.
- Physical Description:
- v, 272 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Encounter Books, [2008]
- Contents:
- Introduction: The good of the church
- The Catholic century
- The Irish conquest
- Under new management
- Good neighbors
- Personally opposed, but
- Shifting foundations
- The center cannot hold
- Waiting for Roe
- Moving out of the Catholic ghetto
- "Southie won't go"
- Lost battles
- Habits of denial
- The collapse
- The learning curve
- Not enough millstones
- Lost in Dallas
- The death watch
- Ruin
- Generations betrayed
- The Beacon Hill massacre
- Restoration
- The wrong explanations
- The dash-2 bishops
- The church militant.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-261) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781594032110
- 1594032114
- OCLC:
- 172569444
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