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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis collection of nine essays, seven of which are mainly on American history, is preceded by a brief introduction by its editor, Kevin Schmiesing. The opening essay is a thoughtful general piece by Paul Radzilowski on 'Audience, Method, Subject, and Faith: Dilemmas of the Catholic Historian.' Radzilowski makes good use of some of Christopher Dawson’s writings and is also in dialogue with one of the most penetrating Catholic historians today, Christopher Shannon. Radzilowski has a number of citations and appreciations of this reviewer’s work, which in turn lists appropriate bibliography. * The Catholic Historical Review *
Table of ContentsIntroduction by Kevin Schmiesing Chapter 1 : Audience, Method, Subject, and Faith: Dilemmas of the Catholic Historian Paul Radzilowski Chapter 2: The Opening of the American Mind: Puritan Scholasticism at Harvard, 1636–1700 Scott McDermott Chapter 3: Dorothy Day, Peter Maurin, and the American Narrative Tom Jodziewicz Chapter 4: A Convenient Untruth: The Pro-Choice Invention of an Era of Abortion Freedom Keith Cassidy Chapter 5: Catholicism and Birth Control in American History: The Sanger-Ryan Debate Clement Mulloy Chapter 6: “Where Religious Freedom Runs in the Streams”: Catholic Expansion in Newport, Rhode Island in the Antebellum Era John F. Quinn Chapter 7: The Power of Historical Narrative: Bishop John England, American Catholicism, and the National Jubilee of 1826 Adam Tate Chapter 8: Valiant Women of Faith and Action: Finding Catholic Sisters in the Story of Nineteenth-Century America Marynita Anderson Chapter 9: Popes, Catholics, and Jews: E questa la maniera di fare storia? Ernest Greco Index About the Contributors
