Black Churches in Texas
Black Churches in Texas

Author: Clyde McQueen

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780890969410

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In this book, the author catalogues 375 black congregations, each at least one hundred years old, in the parts of Texas where most blacks were likely to have settled -- east of Interstate Highway 35 and from the Red River to the Gulf of Mexico. Ninety-nine counties are divided into five regions: Central Texas, East Texas, the Gulf Coast, North Texas, and South Texas.

Seasons of Grace
Seasons of Grace

Author: Leslie W. Tentler

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Published: 1990-06

Total Pages: 620

ISBN-13: 9780814321065

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Seasons of Grace is a history of the catholic Church and community in southern lower Michigan from the 1830s through the 1950s. More than a chronicle of clerical successions and institutional expansion, the book also examines those social and cultural influences that affected the development of the Catholic community. To document the course of institutional growth in the diocese, Tentler devotes a portion of the book to tracing the evolution of administrative structures at the Chancery and the founding of parishes, parochial schools, and social welfare organizations. Substantial attention is also given to the social history of the Catholic community, reflected in changes in religious practice, parish life and governance, and the role of women in church organizations and in devotional activities. Tentler also discusses the issue of Catholics in state and local politics and Catholic practice with regard to abortion, contraception, and intermarriage.

The Premier See
The Premier See

Author: Thomas W. Spalding

Publisher:

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 640

ISBN-13:

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When John Carroll became bishop of Baltimore in 1789, his diocese encompassed what was then the United States, from the Chesapeake to the Mississippi, from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico. For almost a century and a half, the archbishop of Baltimore remained the virtual leader of his church in the new republic. In The Premier See, Thomas W. Spalding chronicles the growth, tensions, and politics of the archdiocese that helped shape the history of American Catholicism.

Navy Priest
Navy Priest

Author: Richard Gribble

Publisher: CUA Press

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 0813227259

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A Pittsburgh native, Fr. Jake Laboon served the U.S. Navy as a World War II submarine officer and as a dedicated chaplain. This biography covers the span of his life from childhood to his last years. -- Back cover.