American Catholic: The Saints and Sinners Who Built America's Most Powerful Church
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.70 (766 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0679742212 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 528 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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The work is more personal in content and style than Jay Dolan's The American Catholic Experience (LJ 10/15/85) or Patrick Carey's The Roman Catholics (Greenwood, 1993). A fluid writer and "cradle Catholic," Morris chronicles U.S. church history in the two parts of his work and draws from numerous archives, interviews, and popular and scholarly publications. From Library Journal In journalistic fashion, Morris (The AARP & You, Random, 1996) unfolds the story of the growth of the American Catholic Church and its reshaping by the faithful. Donnelly, St. He emphasizes culture over theology and focuses on leading figures of the day, especially bishops an
Elizabeth G. Melillo said Many topics are intriguing - and new. The background history and chronicle of Irish influences which dominated Catholicism in the United States answered many a question of mine. I'll wryly state that the sort of Catholicism that one finds in, for example, Andrew Greeley's novels had always seemed a caricature to me, but seeing the genuine history presented in American Catholic made me understand how very genuine some of the depictions are. The odd, "American Way," hybrid version of Catholicism in the States is quite clear in its development as presented here.Another interesting, in fact astonishing, element which Morris develops was that Cath. Well Written History of the Catholic Church in America For those who want to understand the history of Roman Catholicism in America, this book is the answer. Written in an engaging style, "American Catholic" traces the history of the development of the church in the United States beginning with the beginnings of the Irish migration in the 1800's, continuing with the remarkable growth throughout the 20th century. The book is objective (as the title implies) and examines different aspects of catholicism, the church, its clergy and laity with clarity and depth.In addition to the historical approach, the third portion of the book examines the many social and poli. cheg@cybercable.tm.fr said Right up there with the BIBLE for any American Catholic. As Daniel Patrick Moynihan put it, it was Fordham men who checked the anticommunist and patriotic credentials of Harvard men.» So states Charles R. Morris in the introduction to his book, American Catholic. On a purely personal level, the author allowed me to step back in time, on a deeper note, he challenges all Catholics to learn about our past so as to prepare for the future. For those of you born between 19Right up there with the BIBLE for any American Catholic As Daniel Patrick Moynihan put it, it was Fordham men who checked the anticommunist and patriotic credentials of Harvard men.» So states Charles R. Morris in the introduction to his book, American Catholic. On a purely personal level, the author allowed me to step back in time, on a deeper note, he challenges all Catholics to learn about our past so as to prepare for the future. For those of you born between 1930 to 1960 and seeking a stroll down memory lane, the book, in some ways will bring to life your childhood. Having spent, myself, every school day in my educational career in the Catholic Scho. 0 to 1960 and seeking a stroll down memory lane, the book, in some ways will bring to life your childhood. Having spent, myself, every school day in my educational career in the Catholic Scho
Morris recounts the rich story of the rise of the Catholic Church in America, bringing to life the personalities that transformed an urban Irish subculture into a dominant presence nationwide. Here are the stories of rogues and ruffians, heroes and martyrs--from Dorothy Day, a convert from Greenwich Village Marxism who opened shelters for thousands, to Cardinal William O'Connell, who ran the Church in Boston from a Renaissance palazzo, complete with golf course. Morris also reveals the Church's continuing struggle to come to terms with secular, pluralist America and the theological, sexual, authority, and gender issues that keep tearing it apart. Today, the United States boasts some sixty million members of the Catholic Church, which has become one of this country's most influential cultural forces.In American Catholic: The Saints and Sinners Who Built America's Most Powerful Church, Charles R. Twenty years later, New York City was home to more Irish Catholics than Dublin. "A cracking good story with a wonderful cast of rogues, ruffians and some remarkably holy and sensible people." --Los Angeles Times Book ReviewBefore the potato famine ravaged Ireland in the 1840s, the Roman Catholic Church was barely a thread in the American cloth. As comprehensive as it is provocative, American Catholic is a tour de force, a fascinating cultural history that will engage and inform both Catholics and non-Catholics