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Category : San Mateo County (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 358
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History of San Mateo County, California
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Category : San Mateo County (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 358
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History of Marin County, California
Author: J. P. Munro-FraserPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 672
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History of the Catholic Church in California
Author: William GleesonPublisher:
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Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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A Concise History of the Catholic Church (Revised Edition)
Author: Thomas BokenkotterPublisher: Image
ISBN: 0307423484
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
Expanded and updated for the new millennium. Covering the life of Christ, the election of Pope Benedict XVI, and everything in between, A Concise History of the Catholic Church has been one of the bestselling religious histories of the past two decades and a mainstay for scholars, students, and others looking for a definitive, accessible history of Catholicism. With a clarity that will appeal to any reader, Thomas Bokenkotter divides his study into five parts that correspond to the major historical and epochal developments in Catholicism. His authoritative, thorough approach takes readers from the Church’s triumph over paganism, through "the sound and fury of renewal," to a new section devoted to such topics as dissent and current developments in the ecumenical movement. Informative illustrations throughout the book, new to this edition, enrich the reader's experience, and the addition of a wide-ranging bibliography increases its value as a sourcebook.
History of California
Author: Hubert Howe BancroftPublisher:
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 846
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History of the Catholic Church
Author: James HitchcockPublisher: Ignatius Press
ISBN: 1586176641
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 581
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A comprehensive history of the Catholic Church from its beginnings in Jesus' ministry to its current status in an increasingly secular world.
CŽsar Ch‡vez, the Catholic Bishops, and the Farmworkers' Struggle for Social Justice
Author: Marco G. ProutyPublisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816527311
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Available in paperback September 2008! CŽsar Ch‡vez and the farmworkersÕ struggle for justice polarized the Catholic community in CaliforniaÕs Central Valley during the 1965Ð1970 Delano Grape Strike. Because most farmworkers and landowners were Catholic, the American Catholic Church was placed in the challenging position of choosing sides in an intrafaith conflict. Twice Ch‡vez petitioned the Catholic Church for help. Finally, in 1969 the American Catholic hierarchy responded by creating the BishopsÕ Ad Hoc Committee on Farm Labor. This committee of five bishops and two priests traveled CaliforniaÕs Central Valley and mediated a settlement in the five-year conflict. Within months, a new and more difficult struggle began in CaliforniaÕs lettuce fields. This time the Catholic Church drew on its long-standing tradition of social teaching and shifted its policy from neutrality to outright support for CŽsar Ch‡vez and his union, the United Farmworkers (UFW). The BishopsÕ Committee became so instrumental in the UFWÕs success that Ch‡vez declared its intervention Òthe single most important thing that has helped us.Ó Drawing upon rich, untapped archival sources at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Marco Prouty exposes the American Catholic hierarchyÕs internal, and often confidential, deliberations during the California farm labor crisis of the 1960s and 1970s. He traces the ChurchÕs gradual transition from reluctant mediator to outright supporter of Ch‡vez, providing an intimate view of the ChurchÕs decision-making process and Ch‡vezÕs steadfast struggle to win rights for farmworkers. This lucid, solidly researched text will be an invaluable addition to the fields of labor history, social justice, ethnic studies, and religious history.
Sacramento and the Catholic Church
Author: Steven AvellaPublisher: University of Nevada Press
ISBN: 0874177669
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
This work examines the interplay between the city of Sacramento and the Catholic Church since the 1850s. Avella uses Sacramento as a case study of the role of religious denominations in the development of the American West. In Sacramento, as in other western urban areas, churches brought civility and various cultural amenities, and they helped to create an atmosphere of stability so important to creating a viable urban community. At the same time, churches often had to shape themselves to the secularizing tendencies of western cities while trying to remain faithful to their core values and practices. Besides the numerous institutions that the Church sponsored, it brought together a wide spectrum of the city’s diverse ethnic populations and offered them several routes to assimilation. Catholic Sacramentans have always played an active role in government and in the city’s economy, and Catholic institutions provided a matrix for the creation of new communities as the city spread into neighboring suburbs. At the same time, the Church was forced to adapt itself to the needs and demands of its various ethnic constituents, particularly the flood of Spanish-speaking newcomers in the late twentieth century.
History of California: 1542-1800
Author: Hubert Howe BancroftPublisher:
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 848
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This work examines California's history from 1520 to 1890. It also contains a ethnology of the state's population, economics, and politics.
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