[Rezension von: McAndrews, Lawrence J., What they wished for]: Timothy A. Byrnes
What They Wished For: American Catholics and American Presidents, 1960–2004 is an encyclopedic account of the relationships between Catholic bishops and U.S. presidents throughout the period cited in the title. Lawrence McAndrews, professor of history at St. Norbert College, focuses on three issue a...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2015
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2015, Volume: 57, Issue: 2, Pages: 384-386 |
| Review of: | What they wished for (Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2018) (Byrnes, Timothy A.)
What they wished for (Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2014) (Byrnes, Timothy A.) What They Wished For (Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2014) (Byrnes, Timothy A.) |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Catholic church
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| IxTheo Classification: | KBQ North America KDB Roman Catholic Church SA Church law; state-church law |
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Book review
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| Summary: | What They Wished For: American Catholics and American Presidents, 1960–2004 is an encyclopedic account of the relationships between Catholic bishops and U.S. presidents throughout the period cited in the title. Lawrence McAndrews, professor of history at St. Norbert College, focuses on three issue areas—“war and peace,” “social justice,” and “life and death” (abortion, really)—and shows that the bishops have scarcely missed an opportunity to issue a statement, lobby officials, or mobilize congregants in defense of policies that advance the moral and institutional interests of their church. Catholic teaching is comprehensive in scope, and so also, as this book amply demonstrates, has been the bishops' advancement of that teaching in the public square. McAndrews is a tireless researcher. The volume is detailed and... |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csv017 |