02556nam a2200517Ka 4500 ocn820011248 OCoLC 20200709055638.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 121203s2010 dcua ob 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9780813217598 (electronic bk.) 0813217598 (electronic bk.) 9780813217208 0813217202 (OCoLC)820011248 500909 (N$T) n-us--- BX1407.R8 B68 2010eb REL 010000 bisacsh 282/.73091734 22 N$TA Bovée, David S. (David Steven), 1952- The church & the land [electronic resource] : the National Catholic Rural Life Conference and American society, 1923-2007 / David S. Bovée. Church and the land 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. Description based on print version record. Rural churches United States. Catholic Church United States. National Catholic Rural Life Conference (U.S.) National Catholic Rural Life Conference. swd Katholische Kirche. swd USA. swd RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic bisacsh Electronic books. National Catholic Rural Life Conference (U.S.) Print version: Bovée, David S. (David Steven), 1952- Church & the land. Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2010 9780813217208 (DLC) 2009030756 (OCoLC)351322356 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=500909 EBSCOhost EBSC 500909 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 51949 51949