America's church
Subtitle: the National Shrine and Catholic Presence in the Nation's Capitol
By: Thomas A. Tweed
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199782987
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Laying Catholicism's foundation: clerical aims and diverse devotees, 1909-1959; title: Mobilizing "America's Marys": women, fundraising, and the Mary memorial altar, 1913-38; title: Engaging Catholic kids: agency, prescriptions, and constraints in the Catholic institutional network, 1920-1959; title: Contesting Protestant interpretations: the defense of the Virgin Mary, the design of the crypt church, and the presence of the Incorporeal Other, 1913-32; title: Claiming civic space: the National Shrine, the subjunctive mood, and the Nation's Capital, 1913-59; title: Incorporating Catholic immigrants: cultural diversity, transnational migration, and the crypt columns and  ethnic chapels, 1919-1997.