Catholics and American Politics

By Mary T. Hanna

Despite the constitutional division of church and state, the impact of Catholics on American politics in the 1960s and 1970s has been remarkable--as the names of the Kennedys, Eugene McCarthy, Thomas 'Tip' O'Neill, Peter Rodino, Thomas Eagleton, the Berrigan brothers, and Cesar Chavez will attest. In this portrait of American Catholicism. Mary Hanna intensely analyzes the political influence o this enormously complex organization. She focuses on the role of the Church in providing the means for an ethnic group to challenge and contribute to the values of the larger society.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674103254
• ISBN13: 9780674103252
• Release Date: November 1979
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.1"