The Church Confronts Modernity
Subtitle: Catholic Intellectuals and the Progressive Era
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: July 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780231131865
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; c 1800 to c 1900; Religion; Religion - Catholicism; USA; Christianity - History - Catholic; History & Surveys - Modern; Philosophy; Religion / General; Christianity - Catholic; 19th century; 20th century; Catholic Church; Christianity and culture; Civilization, Modern; History; United States
First sentence: WHEN FATHER THOMAS J. GERRARD opened the July 1912 issue of the monthly Catholic World with a lengthy article titled "Modern Theories and Moral Disaster," he conveyed the unease felt by American Catholic thinkers as they surveyed their intellectual milieu in the early twentieth century.