Just to kind of put this in the context of what weve been looking at the past couple of weeks, again, what weve been looking at is this struggle for american catholics to kind of find their place in American Culture. Despite persistent and clear expressions of loyalty and patriotism and despite the real kind of human sacrifice of life in the civil war, after the civil war, catholics remained a people viewed by most americans with suspicion and fear. A people apart. A people to be feared. A variety of reasons for this. They were members of what was perceived as a Foreign Church based in rome. They were, as weve seen, participants in a separate School System. And even just by the virtue of their status as members of the working class at a time when the working classes are coming to be seen as the dangerous classes, catholics appeared to many noncatholic americans, as a people apart, a people dangerously apart. Catholics efforts to participate in mainstream american institutions only seem
York City Politics. Well, good morning, everyone. Todays lecture is called tamany catholics. Just to put this in the context of what weve been looking at the past couple of weeks, what weve been looking at is this struggle for American Catholics to kind of find their place in american culture. Despite persistent and clear expressions of loyalty and patriotism and despite the real and human sacrifice of life in the civil war, after the civil war catholics remained a people viewed by most americans with suspicion and fear. A people apart, a people to be feared. A variety of reasons for this. They were members of what was perceived to be a Foreign Church based in rome. They were, as weve seen, participants in a separate School System. Even just by the virtue of their status as members of the working class at a time when the working classes are coming to be seen as the dangerous classes, catholics appearedded as a people apart, a people dangerously apart. Catholic efforts to participate in
Suspicion and fear. A people apart, a people to be feared. A variety of reasons for this. They were members of what was perceived to be a Foreign Church based in rome. They were, as weve seen, participants in a separate School System. Even just by the virtue of their status as members of the working class at a time when the working classes are coming to be seen as the dangerous classes, catholics appearedded as a people apart, a people dangerously apart. Catholic efforts to participate in mainstream american institutions only seemed to make things worse, and this is perhaps most clear in the area that we will look at today, politics. From the founding, even really before the founding of the united states, many protestantamericans believed that the hierarchical authority, structures of the Catholic Church instilled submission and civility in catholics. You can recall that reading from john adams in the canon of feudal law where he described the Catholic Church as the root of all evil, c
You the outline in advance, is called tammany catholic. Well be looking at catholics in american politics, especially american urban politics, in the late 19th century. Just to kind of put this in the context of what weve been looking at the past couple of weeks, again, what weve been looking at is this struggle for american catholics to kind of find their place in american culture. Despite persistent and clear expressions of loyalty and patriotism and despite the real kind of human sacrifice of life in the civil war, after the civil war, catholics remained a people viewed by most americans with suspicion and fear. A people apart, a people to be feared. A variety of reasons for this. They were members of what was perceived as a Foreign Church based in rome. They were, as weve seen, participants in a separate school system. And even just by the virtue of their status as members of the working class at a time when the working classes are coming to be seen as the dangerous classes, cathol
Catholics and 19th century new york City Politics. Well, good morning, everyone. Todays lecture is called tamany catholics. Just to put this in the context of what weve been looking at the past couple of weeks, what weve been looking at is this struggle for American Catholics to kind of find their place in american culture. Despite persistent and clear expressions of loyalty and patriotism and despite the real and human sacrifice of life in the civil war, after the civil war catholics remained a people viewed by most americans with suspicion and fear. A people apart, a people to be feared. A variety of reasons for this. They were members of what was perceived to be a Foreign Church based in rome. They were, as weve seen, participants in a separate School System. Even just by the virtue of their status as members of the working class at a time when the working classes are coming to be seen as the dangerous classes, catholics appearedded as a people apart, a people dangerously apart. Cat