American Catholics : a history / Leslie Woodcock Tentler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tentler, Leslie Woodcock, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--United States.

Catholic Church.

Catholics--United States--History.

Catholics.

Catholics--United States--Intellectual life.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 402 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2020]

Summary:

A sweeping history of American Catholicism from the arrival of the first Spanish missionaries to the present This comprehensive survey of Catholic history in what became the United States spans nearly five hundred years, from the arrival of the first Spanish missionaries to the present. Distinguished historian Leslie Tentler explores lay religious practice and the impact of clergy on Catholic life and culture as she seeks to answer the question, What did it mean to be a “good Catholic” at particular times and in particular places? In its focus on Catholics' participation in American politics and Catholic intellectual life, this book includes in-depth discussions of Catholics, race, and the Civil War; Catholics and public life in the twentieth century; and Catholic education and intellectual life. Shedding light on topics of recent interest such as the role of Catholic women in parish and community life, Catholic reproductive ethics regarding birth control, and the Catholic church sex abuse crisis, this engaging history provides an up-to-date account of the history of American Catholicism.

Contents:

Profile. Eusebio Kino, S.J. (1645–1711)

Spain’s North American frontier

France in America

Catholics in the British colonies

Profile. Samuel Mazzuchelli, O.P. (1806–1864)

The frontier Church

An urban stronghold

Slavery and the Civil War

Profile. Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, M.S.C. (1850–1917)

Institutional growing pains

A people numerous and varied

“They are afraid of democracy at Rome”

Profile. John C. Cort (1913–2006)

This confident church

Catholic minds: education and intellectual life

Public Catholicism: politics and social movements

Profile. Patricia Caron Crowley (1913–2005)

Something like a revolution

Toward an uncertain future.

Part I. On the fringes of empire. Profile : Eusebio Kino, S.J.

Spain's North American frontier

Catholics in the British Colonies

Part II: Growing with the nation, 1815-1870. Profile : Samuel Mazzuchelli, O.P.

The frontier church

Part III: A turbulent passage, 1871-1919. Profile : Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, M.S.C.

"They are afraid of democracy at Rome"

Part IV: Exuberant maturity, 1920-1962. Profile : John C. Cort

Catholic minds : education and intellectual life

Public Catholicism : politics and social movements

Part V: A world unbound, 1963-2015. Profile : Patricia Caron Crowley

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-300-25219-6

9780300252194

OCLC:

1148869616