Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-235) and index.
Contents
The priest and the president create the new deal--The uneven assimilation of American Catholics--Kennedy's "private" faith--The 1960s: race, Vietnam, and Vatican II--Abortion and the collapse of the new deal coalition--From Roe to Reagan--From Cuomo to Kerry--Human dignity, the common good, and just war--Latinos and the rebirth of the Catholic-Democratic alliance.