The church and the land
Subtitle: the National Catholic Rural Life Conference and American society, 1923-2007
By: David S. Bovée.
Contributors: National Catholic Rural Life Conference (U.S.)
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780813217208
Subjects: Catholic Church -- United States; National Catholic Rural Life Conference (U.S.); Rural churches -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Catholic rural America to 1920; title: O'Hara and the formation of the conference; title: The Catholic rural population problem; title: The Great Depression; title: Programs to meet the crisis; title: Inside the NCRLC; title: Ligutti takes the helm; title: The conference becomes international; title: Helping developing countries; title: The end of the Ligutti era; title: Organizing for social involvement; title: For the family farm in the age of agri-business; title: Fighting poverty; title: Stewardship of the planet; title: Catholic and American : the NCRLC over eight decades.