Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. 1. ‘A Business Pure and Simple’ 9
5. 2. The Church, ‘Modernism,’ and ‘Americanism’ 20
6. 3. A Church of Immigrants 37
7. 4. A New Catholic-American Culture 55
8. 5. Protestantism Balkanized 72
9. 6. Reining In Hollywood 87
10. 7. The Production Code 103
11. 8. The Legion of Decency 118
12. 9. The Breen Office 128
13. 10. The Paramount Case 149
14. 11. Cocktails and Communism 167
15. 12. New Realities 196
16. 13. Visions of Mary 215
17. 14. Mary or Communism 228
18. 15. The Priest as Public Figure 241
19. 16. ‘Woman Further Defamed’ 254
20. 17. ‘A Sense of Decency and Good Morals’ 295
21. 18. ‘The Law Knows No Heresy’ 319
22. 19. In the Supreme Court 334
23. 20. Candour and Shame 346
24. Notes 373
25. Bibliography 457
26. Index 491