Priest, Parish, and People: Saving the Faith in Philadelphia's Little Italy

by Richard N. Juliani

From the perspective of historical sociology, Richard N. Juliani traces the role of religion in the lives and communities of Italian immigrants in Philadelphia from the 1850s to the early 1930s. By the end of the nineteenth century, Philadelphia had one of the largest Italian populations in the country. The Archdiocese of Philadelphia eventually established twenty-three parishes for the exclusive use of Italians. Juliani describes the role these...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268032653
• ISBN13: 9780268032654
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 426 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"