Bringing Religion into Working-Class History : Parish, Public, and Politics in Providence, 1890-1930

Sterne, Evelyn Savidge

Essay exploring the diverse ways in which the Catholic church in Providence, Rhode Island served its predominantly immigrant, working-class parishioners as a public space from which to express political opinion, and as a mouthpiece for the assertion of various civil rights. The church as meeting space, often standing in for other American means of organization, education, or public communication. "[T]he centrality of the Catholic Church in working-class public life..." (151). An attempt at a new articulation of the place of religion in 20th century American working-class history. Focuses on Providence's Irish, Italian, and French Canadian immigrant Catholics.

2000-04 (spring)

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Journal Article

42413348;2761258

1890-1930; Providence, Rhode Island

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Social Science History

1527-8034 (online), 0145-5532 (print)

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