Communion of Immigrants A History of Catholics in America

Name: Communion of Immigrants A History of Catholics in America
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ISBN: 9780195333305

ISBN-10: 0195333306

ISBN-13: 9780195333305

Edition: 2nd 2007 (Revised)

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…

Book details

List price: $20.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/30/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 8.11" wide x 5.39" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.594
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