Habits of Devotion: Catholic Religious Practice in Twentieth-Century America (Cushwa Center Studies of Catholicism in Twentieth-Century America) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801472555 ISBN 13: 9780801472558

Publisher: Cornell University Press, 2005

Synopsis

"For generations, American Catholics... lived out their faith through countless unremarkable routines. Deep questions of theology usually meant little to them, but parishioners clung to deeply ingrained habits of devotion, both public and private. Particular devotions changed over time, waxing or waning in popularity, but the habits endured: going to mass on Sunday, saying prayers privately and teaching their children to do the same, filling their homes with crucifixes...

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"In this informative and persuasive collection, James M. O’Toole and his collaborators describe and explain how American Catholics lived out their faith in the twentieth century. Few of them grappled with theological questions but millions prayed, went to confession, took communion, and participated in devotions to the Virgin Mary. Habits of Devotion illuminates the way in which Catholic rituals were woven into the fabric of everyday...

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About the Author

James M. O'Toole is Professor of History at Boston College. He is the author of Passing for White: Race, Religion, and the Healy Family, 1820-1920 and Militant and Triumphant: William Henry O'Connell and the Catholic Church in Boston, 1859-1944. He is also coeditor of Boston's Histories: Essays in Honor of Thomas H. O'Connor.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0801472555
• ISBN 13: 9780801472558
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 298
• Editor: O'Toole James M.