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America's church : the National Shrine and Catholic Presence in the Nation's Capitol /

Thomas Tweed shows that the National Shrine is an illuminating site from which to tell the story of 20th-century Catholicism. He organizes his narrative around themes that characterize U.S. Catholicism and ties these themes to the Shrine's material culture: to images, artifacts and devotional s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tweed, Thomas A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Series:Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Religion module.
Subjects:
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (Washington, D.C.) > History > 20th century.
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.) > Church history > 20th century.
RELIGION > Christianity > Catholic.
Washington (D.C.)
1900-1999
Electronic books.
Church history
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Thomas Tweed shows that the National Shrine is an illuminating site from which to tell the story of 20th-century Catholicism. He organizes his narrative around themes that characterize U.S. Catholicism and ties these themes to the Shrine's material culture: to images, artifacts and devotional spaces.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 391 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199782987
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