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St. Joseph’s Church in Greenwich Village relates the life of a local faith community to the larger religious and secular world of which it is a part, and reciprocally illuminates that bigger world from the perspective of this local community. The history of this parish is worth telling for its own sake as the collective journey of one faith community from immigrant mission to pillar of society and then to spiritual outpost in the Secular City.

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“An engaging account of a quintessentially urban parish in New York City—a local church community old enough to have encountered all of the nuances of American Catholic life . . . demonstrates strongly the value of scholarly study of church life at its basic level.” —Church History

“Recommended for general readers and scholars interested in American Catholicism, New York City, Greenwich Village or urban history.” —Catholic Historical Review“Shelley’s work is an exceptional and indispensable study of Catholic urban life in America.” —Cithara.

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    A Paperback / softback by Thomas J. Shelley

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      Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press
      Publication Date: 30/03/2017
      ISBN13: 9780813229201, 978-0813229201
      ISBN10: 0813229200
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      St. Joseph’s Church in Greenwich Village relates the life of a local faith community to the larger religious and secular world of which it is a part, and reciprocally illuminates that bigger world from the perspective of this local community. The history of this parish is worth telling for its own sake as the collective journey of one faith community from immigrant mission to pillar of society and then to spiritual outpost in the Secular City.

      Trade Review
      “An engaging account of a quintessentially urban parish in New York City—a local church community old enough to have encountered all of the nuances of American Catholic life . . . demonstrates strongly the value of scholarly study of church life at its basic level.” —Church History

      “Recommended for general readers and scholars interested in American Catholicism, New York City, Greenwich Village or urban history.” —Catholic Historical Review“Shelley’s work is an exceptional and indispensable study of Catholic urban life in America.” —Cithara.

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