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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451392803321

Autore

Dichtl John R. <1965->

Titolo

Frontiers of faith [[electronic resource] ] : bringing Catholicism to the West in the Early Republic / / John R. Dichtl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Ky., : University Press of Kentucky, c2008

ISBN

0-8131-3881-7

0-8131-3510-9

1-283-23326-6

9786613233264

0-8131-7293-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Disciplina

282/.7709034

Soggetti

Electronic books.

United States Church history 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-229) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The view to the West -- A central role for priests -- "Presumptuous renegades" : controlling priests and congregations -- Making sacred place : churches and religious goods -- The promise and risks of proximity on the frontier -- Emphatic persuasion : teaching, processions, preaching, and polemics.

Sommario/riassunto

Frontiers of Faith: Bringing Catholicism to the West in the Early Republic examines how Catholics in the early nineteenth-century Ohio Valley -- despite the evangelical success of the Protestant faith during the Second Great Awakening -- expanded their church, strengthened their connections to Rome, and sought fellowship with their non-Catholic neighbors. Using extensive correspondence, reports, diaries, court documents, apologetical works, and other records of Catholic clergy, John R. Dichtl shows how Catholic leadership successfully pursued strategies of growth in frontier regions while c