Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Who Are American Catholics?
2. A Brief History of Catholics in America: Colonial Times to 1900
3. A Brief History of Catholics in America: 1900 to the Second Vatican Council
4. The Post-Vatican II Church in America
5. Teachings and Beliefs, Part I
6. Teachings and Beliefs, Part II
7. The Organization of the Church
8. The Church and Popular Culture
9. Challenges
10. The Francis Effect
Appendix 1: Select Profiles of American Catholics
Appendix 2: Timeline
Glossary of Terms
Notes
Selected Further Reading
Electronic Resources
Index

Chester Gillis is interim provost of Saint Louis University and professor of theology at Georgetown University, where he also served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He is the author of Pluralism: A New Paradigm for Theology (1993) and editor of The Political Papacy: John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Their Influence (2005), among others.