American Catholic (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Charles R. Morris
- First Published: 1997
- Type of Work: History and religion
- Time of Work: The early nineteenth century to the 1990’s
- Setting: The United States; Ireland; and Rome, Italy
- Genres: Nonfiction, History, Religion and spirituality
- Subjects: Politics, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Religion, Catholics or Catholic Church, Popes or papacy, Ireland or Irish people, Church schools, Nuns
- Locales: United States, Rome, Italy, Ireland
An immensely accomplished New York writer, Charles R. Morris is a regular contributor to The Atlantic magazine and the author of books on such diverse topics as the arms race, the decline of IBM, and liberal politics in New York City. He is also a “cradle Catholic raised in Philadelphia during Cardinal Denis J. Dougherty’s rule, which epitomized the fortress state-within-a-state Catholicism that is now a fading memory. Not the least of the virtues of American Catholic is Morris’s feel for this great period of the Church’s history, when it met Protestantism’s...
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