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Upper West Wide Catholics : liberal Catholicism in a conservative archdiocese : the Church of the Ascension, New York City, 1895-2020 / Thomas J. Shelley.
Van Pelt Library BX4603.N6 C474 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shelley, Thomas J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church of the Ascension (New York, N.Y.)--History.
- Church of the Ascension (New York, N.Y.).
- National Book Committee.
- Church history.
- Upper West Side (New York, N.Y.)--Church history.
- Upper West Side (New York, N.Y.).
- New York (N.Y.)--Church history.
- New York (N.Y.).
- New York (State)--New York.
- New York (State)--New York--Upper West Side.
- Genre:
- Church history.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 150 pages ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Church of the Ascension, New York City, 1895-2020
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Empire State Editions, 2020.
- Summary:
- "The history of Ascension parish is a microcosm of the history of the Catholic Church in New York City because it has been characterized by the two most powerful dynamics that have shaped the nature of New York Catholicism: immigration and neighborhood change"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 A Home of Their Own p. 1
- 2 The Founding Fathers p. 6
- 3 The Upper West Side p. 15
- 4 The Ascension Parish Plant p. 27
- 5 The Confident Years at Ascension p. 37
- 6 A Parish in Transition p. 46
- 7 Quo Vadis? p. 56
- 8 A Neighborhood in Peril p. 74
- 9 Recovery and Renaissance p. 83
- 10 Old and New Horizons p. 97.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780823285419
- 0823285413
- OCLC:
- 1107803904
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