Prayer and Practice in the American Catholic Community (American Catholic Identities)
Contributors: Angelyn Dries (Editor); Joseph P. Chinnici (Editor)
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: October 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9781570753428
Subjects: Christian worship; Personal Christian testimony & popular inspirational works; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Sources; History; Christianity - History - Catholic; United States; Religion - Catholicism; Religion - Roman Catholic; Religion; USA; Prayer; Christian Rituals & Practice - General; Christianity - Catholicism; Spirituality; Christianity - Catholic; Devotional; Catholic Church
First sentence: "These Catholics," Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) wrote in Democracy in America, "are faithful to the observances of their religion; they are fervent and zealous in the belief of their doctrines.
Description: "Prayer and Practice is treasury of ninety-three original documents portraying the relationship of prayer and spirituality with the public life of American Catholicism. This book offers a glimpse at how handing on the faith, living a life of prayer, and finding their way in a new land are kaleidoscopically related in the American Catholic experience."--Jacket.