Michael Namorato

The Catholic Church in Mississippi, 1911-1984

A History

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Produktbeschreibung

Adding significantly to our understanding of Southern and American Catholicism, this book provides a detailed history of the Mississippi Church's development in modern times. It focuses on the three bishops of the period-John Gunn, Richard Gerow, and Joseph Brunini-but also considers how the clergy and religious, especially the Irish clergy, facilitated the Church's growth, and how the laity worked to foster the Church in Mississippi's Protestant environment. Examining all facets of Catholic life, particularly the evangelizing roles of Catholic education, Catholic charities, and Catholic hospitals, the author places the Mississippi Church in the context of both its Protestant environment and Southern Catholicism generally. He concludes that the Mississippi Church is in the mainstream of Southern Catholicism, which is distinct from Northern, Midwestern, or Western Catholicism. Emphasizing the Church's evangelizing activities, he shows that the Mississippi Church has been and remains missionary, that it has a continuing impact on its surroundings, particularly at the local level, and that it is symptomatic of Southern Catholicism. The work is the first scholarly study of the Church in Mississippi in the 20th century. It makes extensive use of primary sources and adds significantly to the growing body of knowledge on Southern and American Catholicism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 695g
• ISBN-13: 9780313307195
• ISBN-10: 0313307199
• Artikelnr.: 42848981

Autorenporträt

MICHAEL V. NAMORATO is Professor of History at the University of Mississippi. His areas of specialization include 20th Century American history, American economic history, and American Catholic Church history. He is the author of Rexford G. Tugwell: A Biography (Praeger, 1988) and editor of The Diary of Rexford G. Tugwell: The New Deal, 1932-1936 (Greenwood, 1992). He has also edited Have We Overcome: Race Relations since Brown (1978) and The New Deal and the South (1984). MICHAEL V. NAMORATO is Associate Professor of History at the University of Mississippi. He has written articles on twentieth-century American history and American/Southern economic history that have appeared in books and journals. He has also edited two books, one on the New Deal and the South and one on civil rights since the Brown decision.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction
A Glimpse at the Past The Hierarchy John E. Gunn, 1911
1924 Richard O. Gerow: The Natchez Years, 1924
1948 Richard O. Gerow: The Jackson Years, 1948
1966 Joseph Bernard Brunini: A Native Son Joseph Bernard Brunini: God and Neighbor Clergy, Religious, and Laity Clergy and Religious 1911
1984 Laity Outreach Evangelization Mississippi and Southern Catholicism Epilogue Appendix 1: Native Priests Appendix 2: Priests in the Diocese, 1911
1984 Appendix 3: Irish Priests Appendix 4: Religious Orders Appendix 5: Parishes 1911
1984 Appendix 6: Schools Selected Bibliography Photgraphic Essay