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American church : the remarkable rise, meteoric fall, and uncertain future of Catholicism in America / Russell Shaw ; foreword by Charles J. Chaput.
- Title
- American church : the remarkable rise, meteoric fall, and uncertain future of Catholicism in America / Russell Shaw ; foreword by Charles J. Chaput.
- Author
- Shaw, Russell B.
- Publication
- San Francisco : Ignatius Press, c2013.
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- Additional Authors
- Chaput, Charles J.
- Description
- xiv, 233 p.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- "Has the Americanization of American Catholics-their cultural assimilation, that is-been a blessing or a curse for the Church in the United States? Or has it been a bit of both? In American Church Russell Shaw takes a searching look at that question and reaches a disturbing conclusion. Cultural assimilation, which was ardently championed by churchmen like the great Cardinal James Gibbons of Baltimore around the turn of the last century, has undoubtedly conferred many benefits on Catholics. Their absorption into the secular culture of America, however, now threatens the Catholic identity of millions of faithful and of their institutions, such as schools, universities, and hospitals."--Publisher's website.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-223) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Everybody's cardinal's dream -- Into and out of the ghetto -- "A fearful modernity" -- "The faith of our fathers".
- ISBN
- 9186177575 (pbk.)
- 9789186177577 (pbk.)
- 1586177575
- 9781586177577
- LCCN
- ^^2012942824
- OCLC
- 839661128
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library