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The Catholic Church in Mississippi, 1911-1984 A History
Book Code: GM0719
ISBN: 0-313-30719-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30719-5
352 pages, figures, maps,
Greenwood Press
Publication: 9/30/1998
List Price: $131.95 (UK Sterling Price: £75.00)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Contributions to the Study of Religion
Series Number: 54
Reviews:
  • ...Professor Namorato has developed a cogent analysis of the Catholic Church in Mississippi that has much to offer to students of social, political, and religious history.
    —The Catholic Historical Review
    April 2002
  • [T]his is assuredly a scholarly, critical study of the Catholic Church in Mississippi [that] is at the same time a work marked both by compassion and by the intention of looking beyond but not overlooking ignorance and prejudice, qualities so often associated in the popular mind with Mississippi.
    —The Journal of Southern History
  • This volume is a worthy contribution to what is hoped will be an expanding body of knowledge of Catholicism in America.
    —Catholic Southwest
Description: Adding significantly to our understanding of Southern and American Catholicism, this book provides a detailed history of the Mississippi Church's development in modern times. It focuses on the three bishops of the period--John Gunn, Richard Gerow, and Joseph Brunini--but also considers how the clergy and religious, especially the Irish clergy, facilitated the Church's growth, and how the laity worked to foster the Church in Mississippi's Protestant environment. Examining all facets of Catholic life, particularly the evangelizing roles of Catholic education, Catholic charities, and Catholic hospitals, the author places the Mississippi Church in the context of both its Protestant environment and Southern Catholicism generally. He concludes that the Mississippi Church is in the mainstream of Southern Catholicism, which is distinct from Northern, Midwestern, or Western Catholicism. Emphasizing the Church's evangelizing activities, he shows that the Mississippi Church has been and remains missionary, that it has a continuing impact on its surroundings, particularly at the local level, and that it is symptomatic of Southern Catholicism. The work is the first scholarly study of the Church in Mississippi in the 20th century. It makes extensive use of primary sources and adds significantly to the growing body of knowledge on Southern and American Catholicism.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction--A Glimpse at the Past
  • The Hierarchy
  • John E. Gunn, 1911-1924
  • Richard O. Gerow: The Natchez Years, 1924-1948
  • Richard O. Gerow: The Jackson Years, 1948-1966
  • Joseph Bernard Brunini: A Native Son
  • Joseph Bernard Brunini: God and Neighbor
  • Clergy, Religious, and Laity
  • Clergy and Religious 1911-1984
  • Laity
  • Outreach Evangelization
  • Mississippi and Southern Catholicism
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix 1: Native Priests
  • Appendix 2: Priests in the Diocese, 1911-1984
  • Appendix 3: Irish Priests
  • Appendix 4: Religious Orders
  • Appendix 5: Parishes 1911-1984
  • Appendix 6: Schools
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Photgraphic Essay
LC Card Number: 97-53288
LCC Class: BX1415
Dewey Class: 282
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