{"product_id":"amer-catholicism-9780226205540","title":"Amer Catholicism","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Catholic Church remains one of the oldest institutions of Western civilization. It continues to withstand attack from without and defection from within. In his revision of American Catholicism  Monsignor Ellis has added a new chapter on the history of the Church since 1956. Here he deals with developments in Catholic education  with the changing relations of the Church to its own members and to society in general  and especially with arguments for and against the ecumenical movement brought about by Vatican Council II.  The author gives an updated historical account of the part played by Catholics in both the American Revolution and the Civil War  and of the difficulties within the Church that came with the clash of national interests among Irish  French  and Germans in the nineteenth century. He regards immigration as the key to the increasingly important role of American Catholicism in the nation after 1820. For contemporary America  the author counts among the signs of the mature Church an increase in Church membership  the presence of nine Americans in the College of Cardinals in May  1967  and the expansion of American effort in Catholic missions throughout the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45275476787253,"sku":"ByrdShop_0226205541","price":240.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780226205540.jpg?v=1780507982","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/amer-catholicism-9780226205540","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}