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James McCartin chronicles the seismic shift in prayer life for American Catholics after Vatican II.

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This book traces the dramatic shifts in American Catholics’ prayer life from the style of the immigrant church (1865-1900) through and after the Second Vatican Council. James M. McCartin, a professor of history at Seton Hall University, notes in the prologue: “Positioned at opposite ends of the

Chronciling the last days of King Henry XIII has had a liberating effect on 'The Tudors."