Catholics in America
Subtitle: Religious Identity and Cultural Assimilation from John Carroll to Flannery O'Connor
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781621641438
Subjects: Catholic church, united states; United states, church history
Description: "[The] chapters pose a fundamental challenge to the conventional wisdom of Catholic Americanist historiography, which takes cultural assimilation for granted. The oldest question in the history of the Catholic Church in the United States may be this: "Is it possible to be a good Catholic and a good American?" This book documents the variety of answers that have been given to date and demonstrates that the question is timelier now than ever before."--Back cover.