Crabgrass Catholicism
How Suburbanization Transformed Faith and Politics in Postwar America
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Crabgrass Catholicism
How Suburbanization Transformed Faith and Politics in Postwar America
336 pages | 25 halftones, 8 line drawings, 2 tables | 6 x 9
Historical Studies of Urban America
History: American History, Urban History
Religion: American Religions
Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations
List of Figures and Tables
Introduction
1. An Urban Catholic World: Agrarianism, Urbanism, and the Ethnic Parish
2. The Suburban Church: Postwar Suburbanization and Catholic Institutional Expansion
3. From Church to Home: Spaces for Prayer, Education, and Charity in the Suburban Parish
4. Priests and Parishioners: Lay Associations, Parish Councils, and Church Leadership
5. Suburban Parish Boundaries: Race, Ethnicity, and Mixed Parishes in Suburbia
6. Suburban Catholic Education: Parochial Schools, CCD, and Ecclesiastical Polarization
7. Politics in Catholic Suburbia: State Funding, School Prayer, and Political Realignment
Epilogue: The Suburban Church and Religious Disaffiliation
Acknowledgments
Appendix
Notes
Index
List of Figures and Tables
Introduction
1. An Urban Catholic World: Agrarianism, Urbanism, and the Ethnic Parish
2. The Suburban Church: Postwar Suburbanization and Catholic Institutional Expansion
3. From Church to Home: Spaces for Prayer, Education, and Charity in the Suburban Parish
4. Priests and Parishioners: Lay Associations, Parish Councils, and Church Leadership
5. Suburban Parish Boundaries: Race, Ethnicity, and Mixed Parishes in Suburbia
6. Suburban Catholic Education: Parochial Schools, CCD, and Ecclesiastical Polarization
7. Politics in Catholic Suburbia: State Funding, School Prayer, and Political Realignment
Epilogue: The Suburban Church and Religious Disaffiliation
Acknowledgments
Appendix
Notes
Index