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Cross Purposes: Catholic Disunity and the Decline of Youngstown's Parochial Elementary Schools, 1964-2006

Welsh, Thomas G., Jr.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1240423452

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2009, PHD, Kent State University, College of Education, Health, and Human Services / Department of Educational Foundations and Special Services.
This foundational study was designed to track the decline of urban Catholic parochial elementary schools in the former steel-production center of Youngstown, Ohio — a situation that I examine from historical, sociological, and philosophical perspectives. While my study employs standard historical research methods, it also features a strong theoretical dimension that draws on literature pertaining to American Catholic identity. The study will argue that Catholic disunity — a product of both sociological trends and religious reforms — played a significant role in the decline of urban parish schools. While the fragmentation of U.S. Catholic identity has often been addressed in general studies of American Catholicism, it has been discussed less frequently in research concerning the decline of one of the Catholic community’s most iconic institutions: the urban parochial school. Hence, this study of Youngstown’s parochial schools draws upon two distinct bodies of literature — dealing with American Catholic identity and American Catholic education, respectively — in an effort to identify and interpret factors contributing to the decline of a once robust system of parochial education.
Natasha Levinson, PhD (Committee Co-Chair)
Averil McClelland, PhD (Committee Co-Chair)
Joanne Dowdy, PhD (Committee Member)
Paul McBride, PhD (Committee Member)
471 p.
African Americans; American History; Education; Education History; Educational Sociology; Elementary Education; History; Minority and Ethnic Groups; Religion; Religious Congregations; Religious Education; Religious History
Urban education; private religious schools; Catholic schools; nonpublic schools; minority groups and education.

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  • Welsh, Jr., T. G. (2009). Cross Purposes: Catholic Disunity and the Decline of Youngstown's Parochial Elementary Schools, 1964-2006 [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1240423452

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Welsh, Jr., Thomas. Cross Purposes: Catholic Disunity and the Decline of Youngstown's Parochial Elementary Schools, 1964-2006. 2009. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1240423452.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Welsh, Jr., Thomas. "Cross Purposes: Catholic Disunity and the Decline of Youngstown's Parochial Elementary Schools, 1964-2006." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1240423452

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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