Parish Boundaries The Catholic Encounter with Race in the Twentieth-Century Urban North

Name: Parish Boundaries The Catholic Encounter with Race in the Twentieth-Century Urban North
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ISBN: 9780226558745

ISBN-10: 0226558746

ISBN-13: 9780226558745

Edition: 1998 (Reprint)

Authors: John T. McGreevy

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Parish Boundaries chronicles the history of Catholic parishes in major cities such as Boston, Chicago, Detroit, New York, and Philadelphia, melding their unique place in the urban landscape to the course of twentieth century American race relations. In vivid portraits of parish life, John McGreevy examines the contacts and conflicts between Euro-American Catholics and their African-American neighbors. By tracing the transformation of a church, its people, and the nation, McGreevy illuminates the enormous impact of religious culture on modern American society. "Parish Boundaries can take its place in the front ranks of the literature of urban race relations."--Jonathan Dorfman, Washington…

Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 5/8/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.92" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Introduction



A Catholic World in America



"Race" and the Immigrant Church



Catholics and the Second World War



Neighborhood Transition in a Changing Church



Community Organization and Urban Renewal



Washington and Rome



Civil Rights and the Second Vatican Council



Racial Justice and the People of God



Catholic Freedom Struggle


Conclusion


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index