02000nam 2200337z- 450 9910583578003321202207151-4214-2831-8(CKB)5460000000023668(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/88782(oapen)doab88782(EXLCZ)99546000000002366820202207d2007 |y 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAmerican Catholics in the Protestant ImaginationRethinking the Academic Study of ReligionJohns Hopkins University Press20071 online resource (240 p.)Michael P. Carroll argues that the academic study of religion in the United States continues to be shaped by a "Protestant imagination" that has warped our perception of the American religious experience and its written history and analysis.In this provocative study, Carroll explores a number of historiographical puzzles that emerge from the American Catholic story as it has been understood through the Protestant tradition. Reexamining the experience of Catholicism among Irish immigrants, Italian Americans, Acadians and Cajuns, and Hispanics, Carroll debunks the myths that have informed much of this history.Shedding new light on lived religion in America, Carroll moves an entire academic field in new, exciting directions and challenges his fellow scholars to open their minds and eyes to develop fresh interpretations of American religious history.American Catholics in the Protestant ImaginationProtestantism and Protestant ChurchesbicsscProtestantism & Protestant ChurchesProtestantism and Protestant ChurchesCarroll Michael Pauth157875BOOK9910583578003321American Catholics in the Protestant Imagination2627727UNINA