The American Catholic Experience: A History from Colonial

The American Catholic Experience: A History from Colonial Times to the Present
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Catholicism has had a profound and lasting influence on the shape, the meaning, and the course of American history. Now, in the first book to reflect the new communal and social awakening which emerged from Vatican Council II, here is a vibrant and compelling history of the American Catholic experienceâ€”one that will surely become the standard volume for this decade, and decades to come.

Spanning nearly five hundred years, the narrative eloquently describes the Catholic experience from the arrival of Columbus and the other European explorers to the present day. It sheds fascinating new light on the work of the first vanguard of missionaries, and on the religious struggles and tensions of the early settlers. We watch Catholicism as it spread across the New World, and see how it transformedâ€”and was transformed byâ€”the land and its people. We follow the evolution of the urban ethnic communities and learn about the vital contributions of the immigrant church to Catholicism. And finally, we share in the controversy of the modern church and the extraordinary changes in the Catholic consciousness as it comes to grips with such contemporary social and theological issues as war and peace and the arms race, materialism, birth control and abortion, social justice, civil rights, religious freedom, the ordination of women, and married clergy.

The American Catholic Experience is not just the history of an institution, but a chronicle of the dreams and aspirations, the crises and faith, of a thriving, ever-evolving religious community. It provides a penetrating and deeply thoughtful look at an experience as diverse, as exciting, and as powerful as America itself.
Country USA
Brand Doubleday
Manufacturer Doubleday
Binding Hardcover
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780385152068
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Doubleday
Manufacturer	Doubleday
Binding	Hardcover
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780385152068
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

The American Catholic Experience: A History from Colonial Times to the Present

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