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

• Autore: Dichtl John R. <1965->
• Pubblicazione: Lexington, Ky., : University Press of Kentucky, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (251 p.)
• Disciplina: 282/.7709034
• Soggetto geografico: United States Church history 19th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Frontiers of faith
• ISBN: 0-8131-3881-7; 0-8131-3510-9; 1-283-23326-6; 9786613233264; 0-8131-7293-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451392803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II