Cushwa Center Studies of Catholicism in Twentieth-Century America – serie
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16 produkter
Claiming the City
Politics, Faith, and the Power of Place in St. Paul
Inbunden, 2001
715 kr
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Are Minneapolis and St. Paul "Twin Cities" in proximity only? How can two cities, spoken of so often in one breath, differ so greatly in their histories and characteristics? Claiming the City traces the contours of St. Paul's "civic identity" to show how personal identities and political structures …
Catholics and Contraception
An American History
Inbunden, 2004
672 kr
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As Americans rethought sex in the twentieth century, the Catholic Church's teachings on the divisive issue of contraception in marriage were in many ways central. In a fascinating history, Leslie Woodcock Tentler traces changing attitudes: from the late nineteenth century, when religious leaders of …
Horizons of the Sacred
Mexican Traditions in U.S. Catholicism
Av Timothy Matovina, Gary Riebe-Estrella
Inbunden, 2002
1649 kr
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Horizons of the Sacred explores the distinctive worldview underlying the faith and lived religion of Catholics of Mexican descent living in the United States. Religious practices, including devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe, celebration of the Day of the Dead, the healing tradition of curanderismo, …
Ballots and Bibles
Ethnic Politics and the Catholic Church in Providence
Inbunden, 2003
814 kr
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By the mid-nineteenth century, Providence, Rhode Island, an early industrial center, became a magnet for Catholic immigrants seeking jobs. The city created as a haven for Protestant dissenters was transformed by the arrival of Italian, Irish, and French-Canadian workers. By 1905, more than half of …
Habits of Devotion
Catholic Religious Practice in Twentieth-Century America
Inbunden, 2004
715 kr
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"For generations, American Catholics... lived out their faith through countless unremarkable routines. Deep questions of theology usually meant little to them, but parishioners clung to deeply ingrained habits of devotion, both public and private. Particular devotions changed over time, waxing or …
On the Irish Waterfront
The Crusader, the Movie, and the Soul of the Port of New York
Inbunden, 2009
444 kr
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Site of the world's busiest and most lucrative harbor throughout the first half of the twentieth century, the Port of New York was also the historic preserve of Irish American gangsters, politicians, longshoremen's union leaders, and powerful Roman Catholic pastors. This is the demimonde depicted …
All Good Books Are Catholic Books
Print Culture, Censorship, and Modernity in Twentieth-Century America
Inbunden, 2013
659 kr
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Until the close of the Second Vatican Council in 1965, the stance of the Roman Catholic Church toward the social, cultural, economic, and political developments of the twentieth century was largely antagonistic. Naturally opposed to secularization, skeptical of capitalist markets indifferent to …
Catholics in the American Century
Recasting Narratives of U.S. History
Av R. Scott Appleby, Kathleen Sprows Cummings
Inbunden, 2012
1649 kr
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Over the course of the twentieth century, Catholics, who make up a quarter of the population of the United States, made significant contributions to American culture, politics, and society. They built powerful political machines in Chicago, Boston, and New York; led influential labor unions; …
Habits of Devotion
Catholic Religious Practice in Twentieth-Century America
Häftad, 2005
446 kr
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"For generations, American Catholics... lived out their faith through countless unremarkable routines. Deep questions of theology usually meant little to them, but parishioners clung to deeply ingrained habits of devotion, both public and private. Particular devotions changed over time, waxing or …
Catholics and Contraception
An American History
Häftad, 2009
318 kr
Lägg i varukorg
As Americans rethought sex in the twentieth century, the Catholic Church's teachings on the divisive issue of contraception in marriage were in many ways central. In a fascinating history, Leslie Woodcock Tentler traces changing attitudes: from the late nineteenth century, when religious leaders of …
Ballots and Bibles
Ethnic Politics and the Catholic Church in Providence
Häftad, 2008
431 kr
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By the mid-nineteenth century, Providence, Rhode Island, an early industrial center, became a magnet for Catholic immigrants seeking jobs. The city created as a haven for Protestant dissenters was transformed by the arrival of Italian, Irish, and French-Canadian workers. By 1905, more than half of …
On the Irish Waterfront
The Crusader, the Movie, and the Soul of the Port of New York
Häftad, 2010
211 kr
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Site of the world's busiest and most lucrative harbor throughout the first half of the twentieth century, the Port of New York was also the historic preserve of Irish American gangsters, politicians, longshoremen's union leaders, and powerful Roman Catholic pastors. This is the demimonde depicted …
Catholics in the American Century
Recasting Narratives of U.S. History
Av R. Scott Appleby, Kathleen Sprows Cummings
Häftad, 2012
389 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Over the course of the twentieth century, Catholics, who make up a quarter of the population of the United States, made significant contributions to American culture, politics, and society. They built powerful political machines in Chicago, Boston, and New York; led influential labor unions; …
Horizons of the Sacred
Mexican Traditions in U.S. Catholicism
Av Timothy Matovina, Gary Riebe-Estrella
Häftad, 2002
389 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Horizons of the Sacred explores the distinctive worldview underlying the faith and lived religion of Catholics of Mexican descent living in the United States. Religious practices, including devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe, celebration of the Day of the Dead, the healing tradition of curanderismo, …
Claiming the City
Politics, Faith, and the Power of Place in St. Paul
Häftad, 2003
403 kr
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Are Minneapolis and St. Paul "Twin Cities" in proximity only? How can two cities, spoken of so often in one breath, differ so greatly in their histories and characteristics? Claiming the City traces the contours of St. Paul's "civic identity" to show how personal identities and political structures …
Pursuing Truth
How Gender Shaped Catholic Education at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland
Häftad, 2021
313 kr
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In Pursuing Truth, Mary J. Oates explores the roles that religious women played in teaching generations of college and university students amid slow societal change that brought the grudging acceptance of Catholics in public life. Across the twentieth century, Catholic women's colleges modeled …
