description: This work traces the ideological, institutional and social imperatives that shaped Philadelphia's Catholic community in the years between the American Revolution and the Civil War. The core of the book is a series of confrontations between Catholic bishops and dissenters, both lay and clerical.
language: English
title: Rome and the New Republic: Conflict and Community in Philadelphia Catholicism Between the Revolution and the Civil War
titlecomplete: Rome and the New Republic: Conflict and Community in Philadelphia Catholicism Between the Revolution and the Civil War (Notre Dame Studies in American Catholicism)
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Univ of Notre Dame Pr