American Catholic Experience: A History from Colonial Times to the Present

by Jay P. Dolan

Book Overview

Spanning nearly 500 years, The American Catholic Experience describes the Catholic experience from the arrival of Columbus and the other European explorers to the present day. Jay P. Dolan discusses Catholicism as it spread across the New World, transforming--and being transformed by--the land and its people. The book traces the evolution of the urban ethnic communities by examining the vital contributions of the immigrant church to Catholicism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268006393
• ISBN13: 9780268006396
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Sensitivity Resource

This is exceptional resource for all to learn the mindset of American Catholics. Too often we assume they are back in the Reformation times, and they don't consider themselves there at all. Thus, to approach them this book is an invaluable source. Well written, historically accurate, this is insight into American Catholic ethos at its best!