TY - BOOK AU - Dichtl,John R. TI - Frontiers of faith: bringing Catholicism to the West in the Early Republic SN - 9780813172934 AV - BX1406.3 .D53 2008eb U1 - 282/.7709034 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Lexington, Ky. PB - University Press of Kentucky KW - Catholic Church KW - United States KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Église catholique KW - États-Unis KW - Histoire KW - 19e siècle KW - fast KW - Religion KW - Philosophy & Religion KW - Christianity KW - RELIGION KW - Catholic KW - bisacsh KW - HISTORY KW - 19th Century KW - Church history KW - Histoire religieuse N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-229) and index; The view to the West -- A central role for priests -- "Presumptuous renegades" : controlling priests and congregations -- Making sacred place : churches and religious goods -- The promise and risks of proximity on the frontier -- Emphatic persuasion : teaching, processions, preaching, and polemics N2 - Frontiers of Faith: Bringing Catholicism to the West in the Early Republic examines how Catholics in the early nineteenth-century Ohio Valley- despite the evangelical success of the Protestant faith during the Second Great Awakening-expanded their church, strengthened their connections to Rome, and sought fellowship with their non-Catholic neighbors UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=224565 ER -