New Book on U.S. Catholic History Edited by Fr. Endres

An edited volume, Remapping the History of Catholicism in the United States: Essays from the U.S. Catholic Historian, was recently published by Catholic University of America Press. The book consists of seven important essays previously published in the U.S. Catholic Historian, a scholarly quarterly publication.

The essays were selected by editor Father David Endres, academic dean and associate professor of Church history and historical theology. Father Endres has served as editor of the U.S. Catholic Historian since 2013.

This collection of essays tells the story of Catholics previously underappreciated by historians: women, African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, and those on the frontier and borderlands.

“The book is important,” according to Fr. Endres, “because it helps expand our understanding of Catholic history beyond the normal narrative of German and Irish Catholics in East Coast cities. It reminds us that U.S. Catholicism is a lot more interesting and diverse than what first meets the eye.” 

For more information on the book, see https://www.amazon.com/Remapping-History-Catholicism-United-States/dp/0813229693

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES:

Father David Endres is the Dean of The Athenaeum of Ohio/Mount St. Mary’s Seminary and Associate Professor of Church History and Historical Theology. He is also the Editor of U.S. Catholic Historian.

Fr. Endres recently received the Texas Catholic Historical Society’s Patrick Foley Award for the best article to appear in 2016 in the journal Catholic Southwest: A Journal of History and Culture.