American Catholics in the Protestant Imagination
Subtitle: Rethinking the Academic Study of Religion
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press; Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: October 15, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780801886836
Subjects: Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Religion And Politics; Religion; Religion - Catholicism; USA; Christianity - Catholic; Comparative Religion; Sociology Of Religion; Religion / General; Religion, Politics & State; Catholics; Historiography; History; United States
Description: "Michael P. Carroll argues that the academic study of religion in the United States continues to be shaped by a "Protestant imagination" that has warped our perception of the American religious experience and its written history and analysis." "In this study, Carroll explores a number of historiographical puzzles that emerge from the American Catholic story as it has been understood through the Protestant tradition. Reexamining the experience of Catholicism among Irish immigrants, Italian Americans, Acadians and Cajuns, and Hispanics, Carroll debunks the myths that have informed much of this history." "Shedding new light on lived religion in America, Carroll moves an entire academic field in new, exciting directions and challenges his fellow scholars to open their minds and eyes to develop fresh interpretations of American religious history."--BOOK JACKET.