American Catholics in the Protestant Imagination - Rethinking the Academic Study of Religion

Informationen zum Autor Michael P. Carroll is a professor of sociology at the University of Western Ontario. He is the author of The Penitente Brotherhood: Patriarchy and Hispano-Catholicism in New Mexico; Irish Pilgrimage: Holy Wells and Popular Catholic Devotion; Veiled Threats: The Logic of Popular Catholicism in Italy; and Madonnas That Maim: Popular Catholicism in Italy since the Fifteenth Century, all published by Johns Hopkins. Klappentext Shedding new light on lived religion in America, Carroll moves an entire academic field in new, exciting directions and challenges his fellow scholars to open their minds and eyes to develop fresh interpretations of American religious history. Zusammenfassung Shedding new light on lived religion in America, Carroll moves an entire academic field in new, exciting directions and challenges his fellow scholars to open their minds and eyes to develop fresh interpretations of American religious history.

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• Authors: Michael P Carroll, Michael P. Carroll, Michael P. (University of Western Ontario Carroll, Michael P. (University of Western Ontario) Carroll
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.01.2008
• EAN: 9780801886836
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-8683-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories