7 records matched your query       

Author:

McConahay, Mary Jo, author.

Title:

Playing God : American Catholic bishops and the far right / Mary Jo McConahay.

Publisher:

Melville House,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

xiii, 274 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-257) and index.

Contents:

Plague of illusion : Catholic cleric's pandemic attack on the state -- Christianizing America : the roots of the religious right -- Our lady of the grapes -- Unholy Trinity : Clarence Thomas, Leonard Leo, Virginia Thomas -- The pizza king and princes of the church -- The ministry of propaganda -- The bishops and the Black catholics -- Catholic women, catholic girls -- Our common home?

Summary:

A leading U.S. Catholic journalist presents a definitive account of how the Catholic bishops are attempting to alter democratic institutions under the guise of religious liberty and how these 229 men, fueled by Catholic "dark money," have become one of the most formidable and reactionary forces in American society.

ISBN:

1685890288
9781685890285

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1373784294

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)