Authors: 
Christopher Kauffman
Kauffman situates the history of the Marianist brothers in religious culture, americanization and modernization, ethnicity and race issues, spirituality, and modernization of schools, colleges, and universities.

Christopher J. Kauffman
366 pgs.

 

 

NACMS is the Marianist distribution site for this book on the foundation and development of the Society of Mary in the United States.

 

Education and Transformation: Marianist Ministries in America Since 1849 situates the history of the Marianist brothers in religious culture, americanization and modernization, ethnicity and race issues, spirituality, and modernization of schools, colleges, and universities. The book underscores the significance of the specific character of the Society of Mary. It is framed by a prologue on William Joseph Chaminade, the Founder of the Marianist Family, and by the French roots of the Marianists during the Napoleonic era, and an epilogue on contemporary convergences, past and present.

Commissioned by the Marianist Conference, the book coincides with the anniversary of the first 150 years of the Society of Mary in America (1849-1999).

Christopher J. Kauffman is the distinguished Catholic Daughters of the Americas’ chair in Church history at The Catholic University of America and the author of several books. He is the editor of U.S. Catholic Historian and the award-winning six-volume history of the American Catholic community.

This hardcover book has 366 pages and is published by Crossroad Publishing Company.
 

Acknowledgements
Foreword by Joseph P. Chinnici, OFM
Introduction

Chapter
1.    William Joseph Chaminade and the French Origins, 1761-1850
2.    Leo Meyer, Marianist Missionary, and the Foundation of the American Province
3.    National Expansion, 1852-1900
4.    Marianist Religious Culture
5.    Americanization, 1900-1925
6.    The Modern High School and Marianist Traditions, 1920-1945
7.    Traditions and Transitions, 1945-1960
8.    Reform, Renewal, and Reaction, 1960-1980
9.    Epilogue: Convergences: Past, Present, and Future