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RELS 213 History of the Catholic Church in the United States

3 credits

Growth and development of the Catholic Church in the United States from the foundation of the first permanent Catholic colony in the 17th century to the post-Vatican II era. Focus on such questions as lay-trusteeism, nativism, Education, so-called "Americanism," national churches, Church-state relations, relations with the Holy See, various social issues, and aggiornamento.

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