The faithful departed : the collapse of Boston's Catholic culture / Philip F. Lawler.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Encounter Books, c2008.Description: v, 272 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1594032114 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9781594032110 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 282 22 L423f
LOC classification:
  • BX 1418 .B7 L39 2008
Contents:
Introduction: The good of the church -- The Catholic century -- The Irish conquest -- Under new management -- Good neighbors -- Personally opposed, but-- -- Shifting foundations -- The center cannot hold -- Waiting for Roe -- Moving out of the Catholic ghetto -- "Southie won't go" -- Lost battles -- Habits of denial -- The collapse -- The learning curve -- Not enough millstones -- Lost in Dallas -- The death watch -- Ruin -- Generations betrayed -- The Beacon Hill massacre -- Restoration -- The wrong explanations -- The dash-2 bishops -- The church militant.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Tantur Ecumenical Institute Library Main Collection (Lower Floor) 282 L423f (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available SS001005073

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-261) and index.

Introduction: The good of the church -- The Catholic century -- The Irish conquest -- Under new management -- Good neighbors -- Personally opposed, but-- -- Shifting foundations -- The center cannot hold -- Waiting for Roe -- Moving out of the Catholic ghetto -- "Southie won't go" -- Lost battles -- Habits of denial -- The collapse -- The learning curve -- Not enough millstones -- Lost in Dallas -- The death watch -- Ruin -- Generations betrayed -- The Beacon Hill massacre -- Restoration -- The wrong explanations -- The dash-2 bishops -- The church militant.

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