Immigrant Church - New York''s Irish and German Catholics, 1815-1865

A view of urban Catholicism, The Immigrant Church focuses on the people in the pews and furnishes a comparison of Irish and German Catholic life in mid-nineteenth-century New York City. Nearly one-half of the city's population in 1865 consisted of Irish and German Catholics. Singling out three parishes (one Irish, one German, and one a mixed group of Germans and Irish), Dolan examines the role of religion in strengthening group life in these ethnic communities, traces the development of the Catholic Church in the city, and reveals the relationship between urban and church growth.

About the author

Jay P. Dolan is a professor emeritus of history. He was a member of the faculty at the University of Notre Dame for thirty-three years, 1971-2004. He also taught at the University of San Francisco, the University of Chicago, University College, Cork, Ireland, and Boston College. While at Notre Dame, he founded the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism in 1975 and was the director of the Center until 1993. His most recent work is The Irish Americans: A History (2008).

Summary

Focuses on the people in the pews and furnishes a comparison of Irish and German Catholic life in mid-nineteenth-century New York City. Dolan examines the role of religion in strengthening group life, traces the development of the Catholic Church in the city, and reveals the relationship between urban and church growth.

Product details

• Authors: Jay P. Dolan
• Publisher: University Of Notre Dame Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9780268063146
• ISBN: 978-0-268-06314-6
• No. of pages: 277
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; 19. Jahrhundert (1800 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Amerikanische Geschichte, Migration, Einwanderung und Auswanderung, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, Religion - Catholicism