Boston Priests, 1848-1910 A Study of Social and Intellectual Change |
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Author:
| Merwick, Donna |
ISBN: | 978-0-674-42107-3 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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Merwick rejects the usual assumption that Boston Catholicism is, definitively, Irish Catholicism. In her penetrating study of three distinct generations of Boston priests in the late nineteenth century, the author shows that Irish Catholicism met with steady opposition. Her account of the struggle of Boston clerics and intellectuals to relate their faith to their experiences in the changing city provides a new interpretation of Boston Catholic culture.
Merwick rejects the usual assumption that Boston Catholicism is, definitively, Irish Catholicism. In her penetrating study of three distinct generations of Boston priests in the late nineteenth century, the author shows that Irish Catholicism met with steady opposition. Her account of the struggle of Boston clerics and intellectuals to relate their faith to their experiences in the changing city provides a new interpretation of Boston Catholic culture.