{"product_id":"american-patroness-marian-shrines-and-the-making-of-us-catholicism-paperback","title":"American Patroness: Marian Shrines and the Making of Us Catholicism - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatherine Dugan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKaren E. Park\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAdrienne Nock Ambrose\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vital collection of interdisciplinary essays that illuminates the significance of Marian shrines and promises to teach scholars how to \"read\" them for decades to come.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Patroness: Marian Shrines and the Making of US Catholicism \u003c\/i\u003eis a collection of twelve essays that examine the historical and contemporary roles of Marian shrines in US Catholicism. The essays in this collection use historical, ethnographic, and comparative methods to explore how Catholics have used Marian devotion to make an imprint on the physical and religious landscape of the United States. Using the dynamic malleability of Marian shrines as a starting place for studying US Catholicism, each chapter reconsiders the American religious landscape from the perspective of a single shrine to Mary and asks: What does this shrine reveal about US Catholicism and about American religion? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach of the contributors in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Patroness \u003c\/i\u003eexamines why and how Marian shrines persist in the twenty-first century and subsequently uses that examination to re-read contemporary US Catholicism. Because shrines are not neutral spaces-they reflect and shape the elastic yet strict boundaries of what counts as Catholic identity, and who controls prayer practices-the studies in this collection also shed light on the contested dynamics of these holy sites. \u003ci\u003eAmerican Patroness \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates that Marian shrines continue to be places where an American Catholic identity is continuously worked on, negotiations about power occur, and Marian relationships are fostered and nurtured in spaces that are simultaneously public and intimate.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatherine Dugan (Edited By) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eKatherine Dugan\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Springfield College in Western Massachusetts. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eMillennial Missionaries: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHow a Group of Young Catholics Is Trying to Make Catholicism Cool \u003c\/i\u003e(Oxford University Press, 2019). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren E. Park (Edited By) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eKaren E. Park \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at St. Norbert College, in De Pere, Wisconsin. She has written widely on Marian devotion and shrines and American religion and popular culture. She holds a PhD from the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47750491275512,"sku":"9781531504885","price":76.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/mGWV38FIAR9781531504885.webp?v=1767635723","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/american-patroness-marian-shrines-and-the-making-of-us-catholicism-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}