Communion of Immigrants A History of Catholics in America 1st Edition by James T Fisher ISBN 0195333306 9780195333305

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ISBN 10: 0195333306

ISBN 13: 9780195333305 

Author: James T. Fisher 

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 of Catholics from Latin America. The book discusses Catholic involvement in politics and conflict, from New York’s Tammany Hall to the Vietnam War and abortion. Fisher highlights the critical role of women in American Catholicism–from St. Elizabeth Seton and Dorothy Day to Mother Cabrini, the first American citizen to be canonized a saint–and describes the influence of prominent American Catholics such as Cardinal John J. O’Connor, 1930s radio personality Father Charles Coughlin, President John F. Kennedy, pacifists Daniel and Philip Berrigan, activist Cesar Chavez, and author Flannery O’Connor. For this new edition, Fisher has brought the story up to date, including the latest struggles within the American church leadership.

Table of contents:

1. Preface
2. Catholics in the New World
3. Building an American Catholic Community
4. The Rise of the Immigrant Church
5. Catholic and American
6. Reformers and Crusaders
7. The Uneasy Triumph of Catholic America
8. The People of God Divided?
9. Chronology
10. Further Reading

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