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Martin Marty has written a perceptive and sensitive account of the fascinating story of the Catholic Church in America. As an introduction to the history of American Catholicism, it will be hard to beat-----Andrew Greeley

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In this informative and provocative tome, Marty (Univ. of Chicago Divinity School) reconnoiters a group that was and is a "church" but which is also, he thinks, in many ways also becoming a "people." The author, a noted historian with an outsider's perspective on the subject, describes the largest religious body in the US as "a set of Catholic ideas and productions" as well as "a people, an institution, and a recognizable way of life." He describes Spanish and French roots as well as early English Catholic populations in colonial North America, and he appraises the decisively large 19th- and 20th-century influxes of Catholic immigrants. Also receiving attention are such anti-Catholic activities as those of the Ku Klux Klan and such "anti-social Catholicism" as Father Coughlin's 1930s neofascist social solidarity programs. But Marty also evaluates American Catholics' long record of social concern along with their widely varying roles in their nation's increasingly pluralist culture. He concludes with a reflection on "postmodern" issues of power and theology in the Catholic community. His overall objective in this useful volume is to help American Catholics "find their identity" and to assist non-Catholics to "locate American Catholicism and deal with it." A fine text for stimulating important discussions. General; undergraduate. J. C. Scott St. Martin's College