Communion of immigrants : a history of Catholics in America /

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Author / Creator:Fisher, James Terence.
Edition:[New ed.].
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2008.
Description:1 online resource (x, 181 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Religion in American life
Religion in American life.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11246005
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ISBN:9780199842254
0199842256
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9781283009966
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9780195333305
0195333306
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-176) and index.
English.
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Summary:Catholicism has grown from a suppressed and persecuted outsiders' religion in the American colonies to become the nation's single largest denomination. James Fisher surveys more than four centuries of Catholics' involvement in American history, starting his narrative with one of the first Spanish expeditions to Florida, in 1528. He follows the transformation of Catholicism into one of America's most culturally and ethnically diverse religions, including the English Catholics' early settlement in Maryland, the Spanish missions to the Native Americans, the Irish and German poor who came in searc.
Other form:Print version: Fisher, James Terence. Communion of immigrants. [New ed.]. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2008 9780195333305