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Catholicism and American Freedom: A History
John T. McGreevy
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Description for Catholicism and American Freedom: A History
Paperback. "[McGreevy] has written the best intellectual history of the Catholic Church in America."-Commonweal Num Pages: 432 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 142 x 28. Weight in Grams: 340.
Catholicism and American Freedom is a groundbreaking historical account of the tensions (and occasional alliances) between Catholic and American understandings of a healthy society and the individual person, including dramatic conflicts over issues such as slavery, public education, economic reform, the movies, contraception, and abortion. Putting scandals in the Church and the media's response in a much larger context, this stimulating history is a model of nuanced scholarship and provocative reading.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780393326086
SKU
9780393326086
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About John T. McGreevy
John T. McGreevy is Provost and Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame and the award-winning author of three books on Catholicism and many essays. His work has been published in the Chronicle of Higher Education, the New York Review of Books, The New Republic, Commonweal, and other outlets. He lives in South Bend, Indiana.
Reviews for Catholicism and American Freedom: A History
"Delightfully complicating American intellectual history, [McGreevy] shows how Catholicism has offered an alternative to dominant understandings of liberty and progress."
Peter D'Agostino - Chicago Tribune "[McGreevy] has written the best intellectual history of the Catholic Church in America."
Neil Coughlin - Commonweal "More than any book I have read, McGreevy's shows how constituent and various an element Catholicism, ... Read more
Peter D'Agostino - Chicago Tribune "[McGreevy] has written the best intellectual history of the Catholic Church in America."
Neil Coughlin - Commonweal "More than any book I have read, McGreevy's shows how constituent and various an element Catholicism, ... Read more