The Catholic Studies Reader

The Catholic Studies Reader is a rare book in an emerging field that has neither a documented history nor a consensus as to what should be a normative methodology. Dividing this volume into five interrelated themes central to the practice and theory of Catholic Studies-Sources and Contexts,Traditions and Methods,Pedagogy and Practice,Ethnicity, Race, and Catholic Studies,and The Catholic Imagination-the editors provide readers with the opportunity to understand the great diversity within this area of study.Readers will find informative essays on the Catholic intellectual tradition and Catholic social teaching, as well as reflections on the arts and literature. This provocative and enriching collection is valuable not only for scholars but also for lay and religious Catholics working in Catholic education in universities, high schools, andparish schools.

James T. Fisher is Professor of Theology and American Studies at Fordham University. His most recent books are Communion of Immigrants: A History of Catholics in America and On the Irish Waterfront: The Crusader, the Movie, and the Soul of the Port of New York. Margaret M. McGuinness is Professor of Religion at La Salle University, Philadelphia, and co-editor of American Catholic Studies. She is the author of Neighbors and Missionaries: A History of the Sister of Our Lady of Christian Doctrine, forthcoming from Fordham.