- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 Religion and Politics in America from the First Settlements to the Civil War
- 2 Religion and Ideological Change in the American Revolution
- 3 Rhetoric and Reality in the Early Republic: The Case of the Federalist Clergy
- 4 Religion, Government, and Power in the New American Nation
- 5 The Democratization of Christianity and the Character of American Politics
- 6 Religion and Politics in the Antebellum North
- 7 Ethnoreligious Political Behavior in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: Voting, Values, Cultures
- 8 Methodists, Politics, and the Coming of the American Civil War
- 9 Slavery, Race, and Political Ideology in the White Christian South Before and After the Civil War
- 10 Protestant Theological Tensions and Political Styles in the Progressive Period
- 11 Roman Catholics and American Politics, 1900–1960: Altered Circumstances, Continuing Patterns
- 12 Faith Transformed: Religion and American Politics from FDR to George W. Bush
- 13 Evangelicalism Becomes Southern, Politics Becomes Evangelical: From FDR to Ronald Reagan
- 14 Viewed in Black and White: Conservative Protestantism, Racial Issues, and Oppositional Politics
- 15 Roman Catholics and American Politics, 1960–2004
- 16 Women, Politics, and Religion
- 17 Contemporary Views from Abroad
- 18 Canadian Counterpoint
- 19 Quid Obscurum: The Changing Terrain of Church-State Relations
- 20 Religion, Politics, and the Search for an American Consensus
- Index
Roman Catholics and American Politics, 1900–1960: Altered Circumstances, Continuing Patterns
Roman Catholics and American Politics, 1900–1960: Altered Circumstances, Continuing Patterns
- Chapter:
- (p.246) (p.247) 11 Roman Catholics and American Politics, 1900–1960: Altered Circumstances, Continuing Patterns
- Source:
- Religion and American Politics
- Author(s):
S.J. James Hennesey
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter treats Roman Catholics in the period between 1900, when the Catholic church had clearly emerged as a major force in American life, and 1960, when the election of John F. Kennedy as president marked a climactic Catholic breakthrough. At the same time, by ranging backward in time through the preceding centuries and with fleeting but telling comments on more recent history, the discussion shows how central the experiences of Roman Catholics have become for recording and, even more, for interpreting American politics.
Keywords: John F. Kennedy, Christians, Americanism, Vatican Council
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 Religion and Politics in America from the First Settlements to the Civil War
- 2 Religion and Ideological Change in the American Revolution
- 3 Rhetoric and Reality in the Early Republic: The Case of the Federalist Clergy
- 4 Religion, Government, and Power in the New American Nation
- 5 The Democratization of Christianity and the Character of American Politics
- 6 Religion and Politics in the Antebellum North
- 7 Ethnoreligious Political Behavior in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: Voting, Values, Cultures
- 8 Methodists, Politics, and the Coming of the American Civil War
- 9 Slavery, Race, and Political Ideology in the White Christian South Before and After the Civil War
- 10 Protestant Theological Tensions and Political Styles in the Progressive Period
- 11 Roman Catholics and American Politics, 1900–1960: Altered Circumstances, Continuing Patterns
- 12 Faith Transformed: Religion and American Politics from FDR to George W. Bush
- 13 Evangelicalism Becomes Southern, Politics Becomes Evangelical: From FDR to Ronald Reagan
- 14 Viewed in Black and White: Conservative Protestantism, Racial Issues, and Oppositional Politics
- 15 Roman Catholics and American Politics, 1960–2004
- 16 Women, Politics, and Religion
- 17 Contemporary Views from Abroad
- 18 Canadian Counterpoint
- 19 Quid Obscurum: The Changing Terrain of Church-State Relations
- 20 Religion, Politics, and the Search for an American Consensus
- Index
