Communion of immigrants : a history of Catholics in America /
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 f...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2008.
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Edición: | [New ed.]. |
Colección: | Religion in American life.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 181 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-176) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780199842254 0199842256 128300996X 9781283009966 9786613009968 6613009962 |