America's Church: The National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and Catholic Presence in the Nation's Capital - Rilegato

Tweed, Thomas A.

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ISBN 10: 0199782989 ISBN 13: 9780199782987

Casa editrice: OUP USA, 2011

Riassunto

The National Shrine in Washington, DC has been deeply loved, blithely ignored, and passionately criticized. It has been praised as a "dazzling jewel" and dismissed as a "towering Byzantine beach ball." In this intriguing and inventive book, Thomas Tweed shows that the Shrine is also an illuminating site from which to tell the story of twentieth-century Catholicism. He organizes his narrative around six themes that characterize U.S. Catholicism, and he ties these themes to the Shrine's material culture―to images, artifacts, or devotional spaces. Thus he begins with the Basilica's foundation stone, weaving it into a discussion of "brick and mortar" Catholicism, the drive to build institutions. To highlight the Church's inclination to appeal to women, he looks at fund-raising for the Mary Memorial Altar, and he focuses on the Filipino oratory to Our Lady of Antipolo to illustrate the Church's outreach to immigrants. Throughout, he employs painstaking detective work to shine a light on the many facets of American Catholicism reflected in the shrine.

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Recensione:

The Basilica of the National Shrine competes for attention on the Washington skyline with more familiar monuments, but it always stands out. Tweed masterfully explores its deep religious and cultural meanings for Catholics and non-Catholics alike. (James M. O'Toole, Clough Chair in History Boston College)

L'autore:

Thomas A. Tweed is Shive, Lindsay, and Gray Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Texas, Austin.

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• Editore: OUP USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0199782989
• ISBN 13: 9780199782987
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 408