Steven M Avella
Biographic Data
| ID | 963732 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steven M Avella |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steven M |
| FAMILY NAME | Avella |
| SIGNATURE | AVELLA S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Marquette University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
William B. Kurtz. Excommunicated from the Union
What accounts for the periodic outbursts of anti-Catholicism throughout U.S. history? This perennial question has elicited numerous responses from historians and other social commentators. Some have tied it to anti-immigrant nativism, or the persistence of Reformation-era blasts against various Catholic traditions and doctrines. Some accounts single out questionable Catholic beliefs, e.g., papal declarations that condemned democracy, freedom of t…
Sally Dwyer-McNulty. Common Threads
The rich sacramental tradition of the Roman Catholic Church provides wonderful subject matter for cultural historians. Sally Dwyer-McNulty's fine book on American Catholic clothing offers a close look at one of the most visible features of American Catholic life: the distinctive garb of its “professionals” (priests and sisters) and the uniforms worn by generations of Catholic school children. Robert Orsi and Colleen McDannell have blazed the meth…
America's Church
The grandiloquently named Basilica Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is a sort of Rodney Dangerfield of ecclesiastical edifices: it gets no respect. Often compared unfavorably with the elegant National Cathedral, it is not centrally located in the nation's capital, and reaching it requires a somewhat long ride on the Metro's Red Line to Brookland. One feels like an ant when entering the cavernous surroundings of the “Great Upper Church.” With J…
The Paths of Kateri's Kin
Journal Article The Paths of Kateri's Kin Get access The Paths of Kateri's Kin. By Vecsey Christopher. (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1997. xvi + 292 pp. Illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. $40.00.) Steven M. Avella Steven M. Avella Marquette University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 30, Issue 2, Summer 1999, Pages 217–218, https://doi.org/10.2307/9…
This Confident Church
Journal Article This Confident Church: Catholic Leadership and Life in Chicago, 1940–1965. By Steven M. Avella. (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1992. xviii, 410 pp. $29.95, ISBN 0-268-01879-0.) Get access John T. McGreevy John T. McGreevy Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 83, Issue 3, December 1996, Pages 1061–1062,…
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This Confident Church
Journal Article This Confident Church: Catholic Leadership and Life in Chicago, 1940–1965. By Steven M. Avella. (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1992. xviii, 410 pp. $29.95, ISBN 0-268-01879-0.) Get access John T. McGreevy John T. McGreevy Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 83, Issue 3, December 1996, Pages 1061–1062,…
The Paths of Kateri's Kin
Journal Article The Paths of Kateri's Kin Get access The Paths of Kateri's Kin. By Vecsey Christopher. (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1997. xvi + 292 pp. Illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. $40.00.) Steven M. Avella Steven M. Avella Marquette University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 30, Issue 2, Summer 1999, Pages 217–218, https://doi.org/10.2307/9…
America's Church
The grandiloquently named Basilica Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is a sort of Rodney Dangerfield of ecclesiastical edifices: it gets no respect. Often compared unfavorably with the elegant National Cathedral, it is not centrally located in the nation's capital, and reaching it requires a somewhat long ride on the Metro's Red Line to Brookland. One feels like an ant when entering the cavernous surroundings of the “Great Upper Church.” With J…
Sally Dwyer-McNulty. Common Threads
The rich sacramental tradition of the Roman Catholic Church provides wonderful subject matter for cultural historians. Sally Dwyer-McNulty's fine book on American Catholic clothing offers a close look at one of the most visible features of American Catholic life: the distinctive garb of its “professionals” (priests and sisters) and the uniforms worn by generations of Catholic school children. Robert Orsi and Colleen McDannell have blazed the meth…
William B. Kurtz. Excommunicated from the Union
What accounts for the periodic outbursts of anti-Catholicism throughout U.S. history? This perennial question has elicited numerous responses from historians and other social commentators. Some have tied it to anti-immigrant nativism, or the persistence of Reformation-era blasts against various Catholic traditions and doctrines. Some accounts single out questionable Catholic beliefs, e.g., papal declarations that condemned democracy, freedom of t…
History (5 works) · Classics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Religious studies (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (2 works) · Art (2 works)