Public Voices
Subtitle: Catholics in the American Context (American Catholic Identities)
Contributors: Steven M. Avella (Editor); Elizabeth McKeown (Editor)
Edition: 1st Ed edition
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: November 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 375
ISBN-13: 9781570752667
Subjects: Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Religion; Christianity - Catholicism; Religion - Catholicism; United States - General; United States; Religion - Classic Works; Christianity - History - Catholic; Catholics; Christianity - Catholic; Catholic Church; History; Sources
First sentence: naries who dominated the political landscape. America moved dynamically in the first half of the nineteenth century as its natural resources, its geographical isolation from Europe, its energetic population, and its embrace of liberal capitalism all combined to transform the infant republic into a mature nation.