CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ABBREVIATIONS ix
4. FIGURES AND TABLES xi
5. Introduction 1
6. ONE An Urban Catholic World: Agrarianism, Urbanism, and the Ethnic Parish 13
7. TWO The Suburban Church: Postwar Suburbanization and Catholic Institutional Expansion 37
8. THREE From Church to Home: Spaces for Prayer, Education, and Charity in the Suburban Parish 67
9. FOUR Priests and Parishioners: Lay Associations, Parish Councils, and Church Leadership 101
10. FIVE Suburban Parish Boundaries: Race, Ethnicity, and Mixed Parishes in Suburbia 131
11. SIX Suburban Catholic Education: Parochial Schools, CCD, and Ecclesiastical Polarization 155
12. SEVEN Politics in Catholic Suburbia: State Funding, School Prayer, and Political Realignment 187
13. Epilogue: The Suburban Church and Religious Disaffiliation 219
14. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 225
15. APPENDIX 229
16. NOTES 235
17. INDEX 301