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Bovée, David S. 1952-

The church & the land the National Catholic Rural Life Conference and American society, 1923-2007 / [electronic resource] : Church and the land David S. Bovée. - Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2010. - 1 online resource (xiii, 399 p.) : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-382) and index.

Preface -- Catholic rural America to 1920 -- O'Hara and the formation of the conference -- The Catholic rural population problem -- The Great Depression -- Programs to meet the crisis -- Inside the NCRLC -- Ligutti takes the helm -- The conference becomes international -- Helping developing countries -- The end of the Ligutti era -- Organizing for social involvement -- For the family farm in the age of agribusiness -- Fighting poverty -- Stewardship of the planet -- Catholic and American : the NCRLC over eight decades.

ISBN: 9780813217598 (electronic bk.) 0813217598 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Catholic Church--United States.
National Catholic Rural Life Conference (U.S.)
National Catholic Rural Life Conference.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Rural churches--United States.
Katholische Kirche.
RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
USA.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BX1407.R8 / B68 2010eb

Dewey Class. No.: 282/.73091734