Catholicism and American Freedom: A HistoryTwo centuries of struggles and sympathies between one religion and democracy in America. FOR TWO CENTURIES, Catholicism has played a profound and largely unexamined role in America's political and intellectual life. Emphasizing the community over the individual, Catholics have alternately challenged and supported American liberals on a variety of controversial issues, including slavery, public education, economic reform, the movies, contraception, the nuclear arms race, and abortion. The story of Catholicism is also international, as Catholics and non-Catholics reacted to people, ideas, and events abroad, from the 1848 revolutions to the rise of European fascism in the 1930s and the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s. Putting the current sexual-abuse scandal in the Church and the media's response in a much larger context, this stimulating history of both Catholicism and anti-Catholicism is a model of nuanced scholarship and provocative reading. |
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CATHOLICISM AND AMERICAN FREEDOM: A History from Slavery to Today
User Review - KirkusCompetent survey of historical and current dilemmas faced by Catholics in America.McGreevy (History/Notre Dame; Parish Boundaries, 1996) begins with Boston's Eliot School Rebellion, which in 1859 ... Read full review
Catholicism and American freedom: a history
User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictIn a sweeping survey exploring 200 years of influences between the culture and beliefs of Catholicism and American democracy, McGreevy (history, Univ. of Notre Dame) fills a gap by tracking the ... Read full review
Contents
THE ELIOT SCHOOL REBELLION BOSTON 1859 | 7 |
EDUCATION AND THE NINETEENTHCENTURY CATHOLIC REVIVAL | 19 |
CATHOLICISM SLAVERY AND THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY | 43 |
CATHOLIC FREEDOM AND CIVIL WAR | 68 |
THE NATION | 91 |
THE SOCIAL QUESTION | 127 |
AMERICAN FREEDOM AND CATHOLIC POWER | 166 |
DEMOCRACY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND THE NOUVELLE THEOLOGIE | 189 |
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| Title | Catholicism and American Freedom: A History |
| Author | John T. McGreevy |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0393047601, 9780393047608 |
| Length | 431 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / United States / General Religion / Christianity / Catholic Religion / General |
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