Parish Boundaries: Catholic Encounter with Race in the Twentieth-Century Urban North (Historical Studies of Urban America) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Parish Boundaries: Catholic Encounter with Race in the Twentieth-Century Urban North (Historical Studies of Urban America) Book

In the summer of 1974, a crowd of Irish-American Catholics in south Boston, protesting the introduction of busing, screamed abuse and threw eggs at Edward Kennedy as he walked into a public elementary school leading a little black girl by the hand. It was a moment redolent of the ironies and passions of American Catholicism's divisions over racism. As McGreevy's excellent history reveals, that protest mob reflected a wider struggle within the church. Many priests and nuns were in the forefront of the civil rights movement. And yet, such liberals often acted without taking into account the fears and insecurities of the traditionally white and working-class congregations in the local parishes. McGreevy vividly brings to life this struggle within the church between a universal vision and a parochial one.Read More

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    Parish Boundaries chronicles the history of Catholic parishes in major cities such as Boston, Chicago, Detroit, New York, and Philadelphia, melding their unique place in the urban landscape to the course of twentieth century American race relations. In vivid portraits of parish life, John McGreevy examines the contacts and conflicts between Euro-American Catholics and their African-American neighbors. By tracing the transformation of a church, its people, and the nation, McGreevy illuminates the enormous impact of religious culture on modern American society.

    "Parish Boundaries can take its place in the front ranks of the literature of urban race relations."--Jonathan Dorfman, Washington Post Book Review

    "A prodigiously researched, gracefully written book distinguished especially by its seamless treatment of social and intellectual history."--Robert Orsi, American Historical Review

    "Parish Boundaries will fascinate historians and anyone interested in the historic connection between parish and race."--Ed Marciniak, Chicago Tribune

    "The history that remains to be written will rest on the firm foundation of Mr. McGreevy's remarkable book."--Richard Wightman Fox, New York Times Book Review

  • 0226558738
  • 9780226558738
  • JT McGreevy
  • 9 May 1996
  • Chicago University Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 368
  • illustrated edition
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