Minorities and reconstructive coalitions : the Catholic question / Willie Gin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gin, Willie, author.

Series:

Routledge studies in nationalism and ethnicity.

Routledge Studies in Nationalism and Ethnicity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Doctrines.

Catholic Church.

Church and minorities.

Christianity and politics--Catholic Church--History--20th century.

Christianity and politics.

Protestant churches--Relations--Catholic Church.

Protestant churches.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

Summary:

As with Muslims today, Catholics were once suspected of being antidemocratic, oppressive of women, and supportive of extremist political violence. By the end of the twentieth century, Catholics were considered normal and sometimes valorized as exemplary citizens. Can other ethnic, racial, and religious minorities follow the same path? Minorities and Reconstructive Coalitions provides an answer by comparing the stories of ethnic Catholics' political incorporation in Australia, Canada, and the United States. Through comparative and historical analysis, the book shows that reconstructive coalitions, such as labor and pan-Christian moral movements, can bring Catholics and Protestants together under new identities, significantly improving Catholic standing. Not all coalitions are reconstructive or successful, and institutional structures such as regional autonomy can enhance or inhibit the formation of these coalitions. The book provides overviews of the history of Catholics in the three countries, reorients the historiography of Catholic incorporation in the United States, uncovers the phenomenon of minority overrepresentation in politics, and advances unique arguments about the impact of coalitions on minority politics.

Contents:

chapter 1 The multiplicity of the Catholic past

chapter 2 Transubstantiating the body politic: a theory of reconstructive coalitions

chapter 3 Catholic incorporation from 1890 to the mid- twentieth century

chapter 4 Working with Catholicism in Australia

chapter 5 Catholicism at arm’s length in the United States

chapter 6 Provincializing Catholicism in Canada

chapter 7 Catholic standing in the latter half of the twentieth century

chapter 8 Realigning Catholicism and Protestantism at the turn of the twentieth century in the United States

chapter 9 The limits of pan- Christian coalitions in Australia and / Canada

chapter 10 The Catholic past as prologue? The future of ethnic, racial, and religious minority incorporation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 4, 2017).

ISBN:

1-351-98184-6

1-351-98185-4

1-315-27036-6

9781315270364

OCLC:

993772931