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John Tracey Ellis - An American Catholic Reformer
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John Tracey Ellis - An American Catholic Reformer
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For several decades prior to his death in October 1992, Monsignor
John Tracy Ellis was the most prominent historian of American
Catholicism. His bibliography lists 395 published works, including
seventeen books, most famously, American Catholics and the
Intellectual Life, a scathing indictment of the mediocrity of
Catholic higher education and a clarion call for American Catholics
to make a greater contribution to American intellectual life.
Ellis's ecumenically-minded scholarship led to his election in 1969
as the President of both the American Catholic Historical
Association and the predominantly Protestant American Society of
Church History. As a professor at the Catholic University of
America, Ellis trained numerous graduate students, who made their
own contributions to American Catholic history, and he also
furthered the careers of several talented young church historians.
Especially in his later years, during the polarized atmosphere that
followed Vatican II, Ellis became an outspoken but balanced
advocate of reform in the Church, urging greater transparency and
honesty, collegiality on the diocesan level, a role for the laity
in the selection of bishops, reassessment of church teaching on
birth control, decentralization to provide an enhanced role for the
local churches, and an eloquent defense of religious freedom and
the American Catholic commitment to separation of church and state.
His fellow church historian, Jay P. Dolan, remarked that Ellis
"used history as an instrument to promote changes he believed
necessary for American Catholicism...No other historian of American
Catholicism matched Ellis in this regard.
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Imprint: |
The Catholic University of America Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
July 2023 |
Authors: |
Thomas J. Shelley
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
204 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8132-3705-3 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-8132-3705-X |
Barcode: |
9780813237053 |
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