Communion of Immigrants A History of Catholics in America

Name: Communion of Immigrants A History of Catholics in America
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ISBN: 9780195154962

ISBN-10: 0195154967

ISBN-13: 9780195154962

Edition: 2002

Authors: James T. Fisher

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Catholicism has grown from a suppressed and persecuted outsiders' religion in the American colonies to become the nation's single largest denomination. James Fisher surveys more than four centuries of Catholics' involvement in American history, starting his narrative with one of the first Spanish expeditions to Florida, in 1528. He follows the transformation of Catholicism into one of America's most culturally and ethnically diverse religions, including the English Catholics' early settlement in Maryland, the Spanish missions to the Native Americans, the Irish and German poor who came in search of work and farmland, the proliferation of Polish and Italian communities, and the growing influx…

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List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/6/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 8.31" wide x 5.55" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English

James T. Fisher is Professor of Theology at Fordham University.



Preface



Catholics in the New World



Building an American Catholic Community



The Rise of the Immigrant Church



Catholic and American



Reformers and Crusaders



The Uneasy Triumph of Catholic America



The People of God Divided?


Chronology


Further Reading


Index