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Author(s): David S. Bovée; David S. Bovée; David S. Bovée
ISBN(s): 9780813217598, 0813217598
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Year: 2010
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0813217598 
ISBN 13: 9780813217598
Author: David S Bovee 

The Church and the Land is the first scholarly history of the Catholic rural life movement in the United States from its beginning in the 1920s to the present day. It tells the story of the men and women of the National Catholic Rural Life Conference (NCRLC) who labored to bring Catholic principles into effect to benefit the farm families, agricultural laborers, and others who lived in the American countryside. This book recalls that in the nineteenth century, most Catholic immigrants settled in the cities, and the few who dwelled in rural areas were a neglected backwater of the Church. In 1923, under the leadership of an Oregon priest named Edwin V. O’Hara, the NCRLC was formed as a grassroots organization of rural clergy, religious, and laypeople dedicated to serving the needs of Catholic rural America. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the NCRLC focused on helping farmers in economic distress. In the era of World War II, charismatic Monsignor Luigi Ligutti took the helm of the NCRLC and brought the Conference into international rural life. The NCRLC helped provide food relief and farms in America for war refugees and supported aid to developing countries. The book goes on to detail the Conference’s participation in the War on Poverty by helping the poor and minorities. Finally, it outlines the NCRLC’s activities in recent decades to save the earth from environmental degradation. This book provides a fascinating institutional and intellectual history of the NCRLC, one that will guide future scholars working in American Catholic and rural history.

The Church and the Land The National Catholic Rural Life Conference and American Society 1923 2007 1st Table of contents:

  • The Formation of the NCRLC

    • Early 20th-century agricultural issues in America

    • Founding of the NCRLC and its initial mission

    • Key figures involved in the formation of the organization

  • Catholic Social Teaching and Rural Life

    • Church’s stance on rural issues

    • Catholic social doctrine and its application to farming communities

    • The impact of Papal encyclicals on rural life (e.g., Rerum Novarum, Quadragesimo Anno)

  • The NCRLC in the Interwar Period (1923-1940s)

    • Early advocacy for rural America

    • The NCRLC’s relationship with Catholic farmers and rural communities

    • The economic challenges of the Great Depression

  • World War II and Its Impact on Rural America

    • Effects of WWII on rural families and communities

    • The role of the NCRLC during wartime

    • The shift in agricultural policy post-WWII

  • The Postwar Rural Crisis and NCRLC’s Advocacy (1950s-1960s)

    • Agricultural policy and industrialization of farming

    • The rural-urban divide and the NCRLC’s response

    • Efforts to address rural poverty and social inequality

  • The NCRLC and Social Movements (1970s-1980s)

    • The influence of the civil rights movement and the church’s involvement

    • Rural activism and the NCRLC’s advocacy for land reform

    • The challenges of preserving Catholic identity in rural America

  • The Decline of Rural America and the Changing Role of the NCRLC (1990s-2000s)

    • The transformation of agriculture and the decline of small farms

    • The NCRLC’s evolving mission and strategy

    • The organization’s role in environmental advocacy and sustainable agriculture

  • Legacy and Impact of the NCRLC

    • The lasting influence of the NCRLC on rural Catholic communities

    • The NCRLC’s contributions to Catholic social teaching

    • Reflection on the future of the church and rural America

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