The Church and the Land: The National Catholic Rural Life Conference and American Society, 1923-2007 church and the land : the National Catholic Rural Life Conference and American society, 1923-2007 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bovee, David S. (David Steven), 1952-
Corporate Author: National Catholic Rural Life Conference (U.S.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
National Catholic Rural Life Conference
National Catholic Rural Life Conference (U.S.)
Catholic Church.
Église catholique > États-Unis.
Catholic Church > United States.
Katholische Kirche.
Rural churches.
RELIGION > Christian Church > History.
RELIGION > Christianity > Catholic.
Rural churches > United States.
USA
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Catholic rural America to 1920
  • O'Hara and the formation of the conference
  • The Catholic rural population problem
  • The Great Depression
  • Programs to meet the crisis
  • Inside the NCRLC
  • Ligutti takes the helm
  • The conference becomes international
  • Helping developing countries
  • The end of the Ligutti era
  • Organizing for social involvement
  • For the family farm in the age of agribusiness
  • Fighting poverty
  • Stewardship of the planet
  • Catholic and American : the NCRLC over eight decades.

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