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Bibliography of the history of American Catholic social thought and social action
These books cover themes and periods in the history of Catholic social thought and action in the United States—covering topics such as charitable activity, race, economics, labor, and family life.
Surveys
A.I. Abell (ed.), American Catholic Thought on Social Questions
A.I. Abell, American Catholicism and Social Action : A Search for Social Justice, 1865-1950
P. Carey, American Catholic Religious Thought: The Shaping Of A Theological & Social Tradition
C. Curran, American Catholic Social Ethics: Twentieth-Century Approaches
D. O'Brien and T. Shannon (eds.), Catholic Social Thought: The Documentary Heritage
Biographies
T. Blantz, A Priest in Public Service [Francis Haas]
F. Broderick, Right Reverend New Dealer, John A. Ryan
R.W. Franklin and R. Spaeth, Virgil Michel: American Catholic
R. Gribble, Father of the Fatherless: The Authorized Biography of Father Nelson Baker
R. Shaw, Beyond the Fields: Cesar Chavez, the UFW, and the Struggle for Justice in the 21st Century
D. Southern, John Lafarge and the Limits of Catholic Interracialism 1911-1963
Periods
M. Massa, The American Catholic Revolution: How the Sixties Changed the Church Forever
D. O'Brien, American Catholics and Social Reform: The New Deal Years
C. Prentiss, Debating God's Economy: Social Justice in America on the Eve of Vatican II
Other
K. Baker, Go to the Worker: America's Labor Apostles
J. Fisher, On the Irish Waterfront: The Crusader, the Movie, and the Soul of the Port of New York
P. Gleason, The Conservative Reformers: German-American Catholics and the Social Order
B. Hehir, ed., Catholic Charities USA: 100 Years at the Intersection of Charity and Justice
M. Henold, Catholic and Feminist: The Surprising History of the American Catholic Feminist Movement
J. McShane, "Sufficiently Radical": Catholicism, Progressivism and the Bishops' Program of 1919
W. O'Rourke, The Harrisburg 7 and the New Catholic Left: 40th Anniversary Edition
K. Pecklers, The Unread Vision: The Liturgical Movement in the United States of America : 1926-1955
R. Riegle, Doing Time for Peace: Resistance, Family, and Community
J. Rossi, Uncharted Territory: The American Catholic Church at the United Nations, 1946-1972
G. Schultze, Strangers in a Foreign Land: The Organizing of Catholic Latinos in the United States
W.J. Wallace, Catholics, Slaveholders, and the Dilemma of American Evangelicalism, 1835-1860
M. Warner, Changing Witness: Catholic Bishops and Public Policy, 1917-1994