Frontiers of faith

"Frontiers of Faith: Bringing Catholicism to the west in the Early Republic examines how Catholics in the early nineteenth-century Ohio Valley expanded their church and strengthened their connections to Rome alongside the rapid development of the Protestant Second Great Awakening. In competition with clergy of evangelical Protestant denominations, priests and bishops industriously established congregations, constructed church buildings, ministered to the faithful, and sought converts. Catholic clergy also displayed the distinctive features of Catholicism that would inspire Catholics and, hopefully, impress others. The clerics' optimism grew from the opportunities presented by the western frontier and the presence of non-Catholic neighbors."--BOOK JACKET.

שנה

2008

שפה

English

הוצאה

University Press of Kentucky

מהדורות

1

עמודים

240

ISBN

9780813124865

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata