Anti-Catholicism in America: The Last Acceptable Prejudice - Softcover

Mark S. Massa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0824523628 ISBN 13: 9780824523626

Publisher: Independent Publishers Group, 2005

Synopsis

One of the most important books in religion this year is a tour-de-force of new investigation, scholarly rigor, storytelling, and humor. In this authoritative work, Mark Massa, program director of Fordham University's Center for American Catholic Studies, reveals how American Catholics' distinctive way of viewing the world is constantly misunderstood by outsiders. This book tells the astonishing story of how a supposedly tolerant American culture has prejudged members of their largest religious group, and how the profound differences between Catholics and non-Catholics explain this animosity. Crossroad is pleased to present the paperback edition with major study guide. Chapters include: The Varieties of Anti-Catholicism in the United States; Do Catholics and Protestant See the World Differently? Catholic-Protestant Tensions in Postwar America; The Power of Negative Thinking; The Death Cookie and Other Catholics Cartoons; Catholicism and Science; Why Does He Say Those Awful Things about Catholics?; Betrayal in Boston; The Last Acceptable Prejudice?

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Synopsis:

The program director for Fordham University's Center for American Catholic Studies analyzes the ongoing bias against Catholics in America, using the recent priest sex abuse scandal to trace a contemporary rush to judgment that has tainted coverage of the events and may point to a resurgence in anti-Catholicism. Original.

About this edition

• Publisher: Independent Publishers Group
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0824523628
• ISBN 13: 9780824523626
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288