1st Edition
The Journey to Rome Conversion Literature by Nineteenth-Century American Catholics
By Christine M. Bochen
Copyright 1988
440 Pages
by
Routledge
440 Pages
by
Routledge
440 Pages
by
Routledge
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This title, first published in 1988, examines accounts of religious conversion contained in the personal narratives of nineteenth-century American coverts to Roman Catholicism. Given their newly acquired status as members of an unpopular religious minority, a number of converts recorded their conversion stories in an effort to justify becoming Catholic and to defend the teaching and practice of... Read more
Preface; 1. The Shape and Style of Nineteenth-Century American Protestantism: A Context for Conversion 2. Conversions to Nineteenth-Century American Catholicism 3. Personal Narratives of Conversion: A Distinctive Form of Spiritual Autobiography 4. Personal Narratives of Conversion: An Analysis of the Texts 5. Conversion to Roman Catholicism: A Matter of Mind and Heart; Bibliography
Biography
Christine M. Bochen
