The Bread of the Strong: Lacouturisme and the Folly of the Cross, 1910-1985

by Jack Downey

Book Overview

Contributing to the ongoing excavation of the spiritual lifeworld of Dorothy Day-"the most significant, interesting, and influential person in the history of American Catholicism"-The Bread of the Strong offers compelling new insight into the history of the Catholic Worker movement, including the cross-pollination between American and Quebecois Catholicism and discourse about Christian antimodernism and radicalism.

The considerable perseverance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823278735
• ISBN13: 9780823278732
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.7"