American Catholic History, Second Edition

Mark Massa is Professor of Church History and Director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College. He is the author of The American Catholic Revolution: How the Sixties Changed the Church Forever and Catholics and American Culture: Fulton Sheen, Dorothy Day, and the Notre Dame Football Team.Catherine Osborne is Visiting Assistant Professor of Theology at Loyola Marymount University, and author of American Catholics and the Church of Tomorrow, 1925-1975

"The documents collected in the first edition topped the list of best resources for teaching the diversity and complexity of US Catholic history, and now this revised edition is even better. From mission manager Eulalia Pérez in California in the 1800s to Pope Francis addressing Congress in 2015, the varied voices summon an astonishing story of solace and conflict in the Roman church, in the American nation, and in the human heart." - Julie Byrne,author of The Other Catholics: Remaking America's Largest Religion ""This updated and revised edition is the go-to primary source reader to assign for any and all undergraduate and graduate-level courses on American Catholicism. Drs. Massa and Osborne have done a tremendous job curating a wide array of essential readings for scholars and students of Catholicism. This book fills an important niche in American Catholic Studies and is essential reading for scholars and students alike." - Kristy Nabhan-Warren,Professor and V.O. and Elizabeth Kahl Figge Chair of Catholic Studies, The University of Iowa "The newly added documents better represent diverse viewpoints, e.g., those of African American Catholics and Spanish-speaking Catholics." (Choice) "American Catholic History: A Documentary Reader included 70 documents that provided key insights into the lived experience of Catholics[Editors] Mark Massa, S.J. and Catherine Osborne recently released an updated edition of the reader that carries the American Catholic story forward an additional two decades." (US Catholic Journal) "Mark Massa and Catherine Osborne have created a valuable resource for teachers and scholars of American Catholicism. This documentary reader, first published in 2008, has 34 new documents. Once more it achieves a rare feat for its genre: the editors have been comprehensive, creative, suggestive, and provocative. Scholars would do well to pick up the volume for its stimulating reflections on the field of Catholic Studies. Teachers, of course, will find a wide range of documents capable of prompting discussion and a series of introductions that help students become the scholars." (Church History and Religious Culture)