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History of American Religion, 1865 to Present will consider the varieties of American religious experience while keeping in mind the importance of pluralism in the U.S. context.

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1950s Catholic Surge With Anti-Communism

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

Guess I will get the ball rolling with a little criticism of Chapter 2.  Allitt makes a very clear and interesting point in explaining that Catholicism made major progress in respectability during the 1950s in large part because of the Catholic church’s long-held, fervent and from-the-heart anti-Communism.  And yet he fails to tie in the [...]

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