Monday,
April 23, 2007
Book: " Priest,
Parish, and People: Saving the Faith in
The
ANNOTICO Report
RICHARD
N. JULIANI is professor of sociology at
Priest,
Parish, and People
Saving
the Faith in
By
Richard N. Juliani
*
From the perspective of historical sociology, Richard N. Juliani
traces the role of religion in the lives and communities of Italian
immigrants in
By
the end of the nineteenth century,
Juliani describes the role these parishes played in developing and
anchoring an ethnic community and in shaping its members' new identity as
Italian Americans during the years of mass migration from
"Priest,
Parish, and People" blends the history of Monsignor Antonio Isoleripastor from 1870 to 1926 of St. Mary Magdalen dePazzi, the first
Italian parish founded in the countrywith that of the Italian immigrant
community in
Relying
on parish and archdiocesan records, secular and church newspapers, archives of
religious orders, and Father Isoleri's personal
papers, Juliani chronicles the history of St. Mary Magdalen dePazzi as it grew from
immigrant refuge to a large, stable,
ethnic community that anchored "Little Italy" in
In
charting that growth, Juliani also examines conflicts
between laity and clergy and between clergy and church hierarchy, as well as
the remarkable fifty-six-year career of Isoleri as a
spiritual and secular leader. "Priest, Parish, and People" provides both the details of parish history in
Priest,
Parish, and People
Saving
the Faith in
By
Richard N. Juliani
"This
is a well-written, in-depth study of
-Jay
P. Dolan, author of In Search of an American Catholicism: A History of Religion
and Culture in Tension
"While
Priest, Parish, and People is in itself a rich ethnographic story about a most
unusual priest, a particular
"Rich
in detail and culled from an array of primary sources, including the extensive
writings of the second pastor of St. Mary Magdalen dePazzi, Richard Juliani weaves a
masterful story. By tracing the nuanced interconnections between this first
Italian national parish in the
"Exhaustively
researched, thoroughly detailed, and highly incisive in its analysis, Juliani's book represents the benchmark study of the Italian
immigrant parish, if not of the Italians' encounter with American Catholicism
in general. It will become recognized as a unique and valuable contribution to
the historiography of immigrant life, and will surely challenge scholars in
religious studies, immigrant and ethnic history, and community research to
examine and re-think the complex issues and arguments raised by the
author." -Nunzio Pernicone,
Kathryn
Pitts
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