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Catholicism and historical narrative : a Catholic engagement with historical scholarship / edited by Kevin Schmiesing. - 1 online resource (x, 215 pages) - Catholic Social Thought . - Catholic social thought. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction; 1 Audience, Method, Subject, and Faith; 2 The Opening of the American Mind; 3 Dorothy Day, Peter Maurin, and the American Narrative; 4 A Convenient Untruth; 5 Catholicism and Birth Control in American History; 6 "Where Religious Freedom Runs in the Streams"; 7 The Power of Historical Narrative; 8 Valiant Women of Faith and Action; 9 Popes, Catholics, and Jews; Index; About the Contributors.

In this volume, Catholicism and Historical Narrative: A Catholic Engagement with Historical Scholarship, Editor Kevin Schmiesing has gathered a distinguished group of scholars who, in various ways, call into question conventional story lines by highlighting previously neglected Catholic ideas and individuals. Built on ample evidence and employing keen insight, each essay is the result of cutting-edge research in fields ranging from historical research on Puritan New England and the antebellum South to the history of abortion to.


English.

ISBN: 9780810888586 0810888580 9781306428064 1306428068

Source: 574057 MIL

LCCN: 2021675505

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Catholic Church--History.--United States
Église catholique--Histoire.--États-Unis
Catholic Church

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Christian sociology--Catholic Church.
Christian sociology--United States.
Doctrine sociale de l'Église.
RELIGION--Christianity--Catholic.
Christian sociology
Christian sociology--Catholic Church

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Church history.
États-Unis--Histoire religieuse.
United States

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Church history
History

LC Class. No.: BX1406.3

Dewey Class. No.: 282/.730722