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Bibliography of the history of American Catholic social thought
These books cover themes and periods in the history of Catholic social thought in the United States—covering issues such as race, economics, labor, and family life.
Surveys
A.I. Abell (ed.), American Catholic Thought on Social Questions
A.I. Abell, American Catholicism and Social Action : A Search for Social Justice, 1865-1950
P. Carey, American Catholic Religious Thought: The Shaping Of A Theological & Social Tradition
C. Curran, American Catholic Social Ethics: Twentieth-Century Approaches
D. O'Brien and T. Shannon (eds.), Catholic Social Thought: The Documentary Heritage
Specific Periods
D. O'Brien, American Catholics and Social Reform: The New Deal Years
Specific Topics/People
T. Blantz, A Priest in Public Service (Francis Haas)
F. Broderick, Right Reverend New Dealer, John A. Ryan
R.W. Franklin and R. Spaeth, Virgil Michel: American Catholic
P. Gleason, The Conservative Reformers: German-American Catholics and the Social Order
J. McShane, "Sufficiently Radical": Catholicism, Progressivism and the Bishops' Program of 1919
K. Pecklers, The Unread Vision: The Liturgical Movement in the United States of America : 1926-1955
J. Rossi, Uncharted Territory: The American Catholic Church at the United Nations, 1946-1972
D. Southern, John Lafarge and the Limits of Catholic Interracialism 1911-1963
M. Warner, Changing Witness: Catholic Bishops and Public Policy, 1917-1994