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Catholicism and historical narrative : a Catholic engagement with historical scholarship / edited by Kevin Schmiesing.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Catholic social thought ; Number 8.
- Catholic Social Thought ; Number 8
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catholic Church--United States--History.
- Catholic Church.
- Christian sociology--Catholic Church.
- Christian sociology.
- Christian sociology--United States.
- United States--Church history.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (227 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland ; Plymouth, England : Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this volume, Catholicism and Historical Narrative: A Catholic Engagement with Historical Scholarship, Editor Kevin Schmiesing has gathered a distinguished group of scholars who, in various ways, call into question conventional story lines by highlighting previously neglected Catholic ideas and individuals. Built on ample evidence and employing keen insight, each essay is the result of cutting-edge research in fields ranging from historical research on Puritan New England and the antebellum South to the history of abortion to
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; 1 Audience, Method, Subject, and Faith; 2 The Opening of the American Mind; 3 Dorothy Day, Peter Maurin, and the American Narrative; 4 A Convenient Untruth; 5 Catholicism and Birth Control in American History; 6 "Where Religious Freedom Runs in the Streams"; 7 The Power of Historical Narrative; 8 Valiant Women of Faith and Action; 9 Popes, Catholics, and Jews; Index; About the Contributors
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8108-8858-0
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