Minorities and Reconstructive Coalitions: The Catholic Question

ISBN-13: 9780367885724 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 224 str.

Willie Gin

Opis

Through comparative and historical analysis, the book shows that reconstructive coalitions, such as labor and pan-Christian moral movements, affect minority incorporation and bring Catholics and Protestants together under new identities and significantly improving Catholic standing. It provides overviews of the history of Catholics in Australia,

Spis treści

Ch. 1. The Multiplicity of the Catholic Past

Ch. 2. Transubstantiating the Body Politic—A Theory of Reconstructive Coalitions

Ch. 3. Catholic Incorporation from 1890 to the Mid-20^th Century

Ch. 4. Working with Catholicism in Australia

Ch. 5. Catholicism at Arm’s Length in the United States

Ch. 6. Provincializing Catholicism in Canada

Ch. 7. Catholic Standing in the Latter Half of the 20^th Century

Ch. 8. Realigning Catholicism and Protestantism in the United States

Ch. 9. The Limits of Pan-Christian Coalitions in Australia and Canada

Ch. 10. The Catholic Past as Prologue? The Future of Ethnic, Racial, and Religious Minority Political Incorporation

O autorze

Willie Gin received his doctorate in political science from the University of Pennsylvania and is currently an assistant professor at Xavier University of Louisiana. His main areas of research interest are in minority incorporation, American political development, and how current technology affects both racial and income inequality. He has recently published in journals such as Politics and Religion.