TY - BOOK AU - Bovée,David S. ED - National Catholic Rural Life Conference (U.S.) TI - The church & the land: the National Catholic Rural Life Conference and American society, 1923-2007 SN - 9780813217598 (electronic bk.) AV - BX1407.R8 B68 2010eb U1 - 282/.73091734 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - Catholic University of America Press KW - Catholic Church KW - United States KW - National Catholic Rural Life Conference (U.S.) KW - National Catholic Rural Life Conference KW - swd KW - Rural churches KW - Katholische Kirche KW - RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic KW - bisacsh KW - USA KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=500909 ER -