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Upper West Side Catholics - Liberal Catholicism in a Conservative Archdiocese (Hardcover)
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Upper West Side Catholics - Liberal Catholicism in a Conservative Archdiocese (Hardcover)
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This remarkable history of a beloved Upper West Side church is in
many respects a microcosm of the history of the Catholic Church in
New York City. Here is a captivating study of a distinctive
Catholic community on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, an area
long noted for its liberal Catholic sympathies in contrast to the
generally conservative attitude that has pervaded the archdiocese
of New York. The author traces this liberal Catholic dimension of
Upper West Side Catholics to a long if slender line of progressive
priests that stretches back to the Civil War era, casting renewed
light on their legacy: liturgical reform, concern for social
justice, and a preferential option for the poor long before this
phrase found its way into official church documents. In recent
years this progressivism has demonstrated itself in a willingness
to extend a warm welcome to LGBT Catholics, most notably at the
Church of the Ascension on West 107th Street. Ascension was one of
the first diocesan parishes in the archdiocese to offer a spiritual
home to LGBT Catholics and continues to sponsor the Ascension Gay
Fellowship Group. Exploring the dynamic history of the Catholic
Church of the Ascension, this engaging and accessible book
illustrates the unusual characteristics that have defined
Catholicism on the Upper West Side for the better part of the last
century and sheds light on similar congregations within the greater
metropolis. In many respects, the history of Ascension parish
exemplifies the history of Catholicism in New York City over the
past two centuries because of the powerful presence of two defining
characteristics: immigration and neighborhood change. The Church of
the Ascension, in fact, is a showcase of the success of urban
ethnic Catholicism. It was founded as a small German parish,
developed into a large Irish parish, suffered a precipitous decline
during the crime wave that devastated the Upper West Side from the
1960s to the 1980s, and was rescued from near-extinction by the
influx of Puerto Rican and Dominican Catholics. It has emerged
during the last several decades as a flourishing multi-ethnic,
bilingual parish that is now experiencing the restored prosperity
and prominence of the Upper West Side as one of Manhattan's most
integrated and popular residential neighborhoods.
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