Catholicism in America

by William L Portier

In keeping with the editorial conception of the series"Religious Life in America," the aim of this book is tooffer the reader "a rounded picture" of Catholicism(Catholics and their church) and its role in American society.Strictly speaking neither a history nor a theology, this book willtake seriously the designation "religious life" and usea variety of disciplinary approaches such as history, culturalstudies, sociology, and theology to get at lived Catholicism in theUnited States.

Like its aim, this book's scope is also a function of theseries' parameters. Its thematic treatment of Catholictheology, worship, and activity in various other American culturalsites is set in an opening narrative of U.S. Catholic historytreated from the double perspectives of derivative and indigenous, i.e., trans-Atlantic and Americanist. The opening tableau ofAmerican Catholic history will be integral to the thematictreatments that follow.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405157526
• ISBN13: 9781405157520
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 256 Pages