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13 - American Catholics in a Global Context

from Part II - Catholic Life and Culture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 May 2021

Margaret M. McGuinness
Affiliation:
La Salle University, Philadelphia
Thomas F. Rzeznik
Affiliation:
Seton Hall University, New Jersey
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Summary

The multidimensional nature of American Catholicism requires attention to mission and evangelization as one lens through which to understand the global dynamics of the American Catholic experience. Evangelization and mission were more nuanced than simply “converting” or “civilizing” people. Mission encounters in diverse local contexts transformed those on both sides of the relationship. This chapter will explore briefly three themes: mission to America (“transplanting,” or handing on the faith); the growth of an evangelization/mission impetus within the United States; and the effect of mission engagement from the United States. These mission encounters involved much more than simply learning a catechism. Missionaries effected social change, religious development, and humanitarian responses to injustice in many countries, even while at times carrying on practices that sometimes had a negative effect on the people they came to serve.

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Print publication year: 2021

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Further Reading

Bingemer, Maria Clara L. Latin American Theology: Roots and Branches. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2016.Google Scholar
Dries, Angelyn, OSF. The Missionary Movement in American Catholic History. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1990.Google Scholar
Markey, Eileen. A Radical Faith: The Assassination of Sister Maura. New York: Nation Books, 2016.Google Scholar
McGlone, Mary, CSJ. Sharing Faith Across the Hemisphere. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1997.Google Scholar
McGreevy, John T. American Jesuits and the World: How an Embattled Religious Order Made Modern Catholicism Global. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2016.Google Scholar

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