Left at the altar : how the Democrats lost the Catholics and how the Catholics can save the Democrats / Michael Sean Winters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winters, Michael Sean.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberalism--United States--History--21st century.

Liberalism.

Catholics--Political activity--United States.

Catholics.

Christianity and politics--Catholic Church.

Christianity and politics.

Christianity and politics--United States--History--21st century.

United States--Politics and government--21st century.

United States.

Democratic Party (U.S.)--History--21st century.

Democratic Party (U.S.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A dynamic young scholar and journalist explains how the Democrats lost the Catholic vote, and how they must win it back in order to survive in the twenty-first century.

Contents:

CONTENTS; Introduction; 1: The Priest and the President Create the New Deal; 2: The Uneven Assimilation of American Catholics; 3: Kennedy's "Private" Faith; 4: The 1960s: Race, Vietnam, and Vatican II; 5: Abortion and the Collapse of the New Deal Coalition; 6: From Roe to Reagan; 7: From Cuomo to Kerry; 8: Human Dignity, the Common Good, and Just War; 9: Latinos and the Rebirth of the Catholic-Democratic Alliance; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-235) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-59866-2

9786613628497

0-7867-2176-6

OCLC:

782879173