| Alaskana Catholica: A History of the Catholic Church in Alaska, a Reference Work in the Format of an Encyclopedia Contributor(s): Renner, Louis L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0870623427 ISBN-13: 9780870623424 Publisher: Arthur H. Clark Company OUR PRICE: $79.20 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2005 Annotation: For more than a century the history of the American Frontier, particularly the West, has been the speciality of the Arthur H. Clark Company. We publish new books, both interpretive and documentary, in small, high-quality editions for the collector, researcher, and library. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 282.798 |
| LCCN: 2005020143 |
| Physical Information: 2.16" H x 8.81" W x 11.2" (5.09 lbs) 750 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Geographic Orientation - Alaska - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Theometrics - Catholic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Beginning in 1873, messengers of the Roman Catholic faith set out to preach the gospel and build institutions for good in Alaska. In the small villages and nomadic camps, these men and women began their work, which is chronicled in this new and voluminous work. One of the main intents of this volume, we read in the author's Preface, is to keep alive for posterity the memory of many major Catholic Alaskan figures--clerical and lay, Native and non-Native, living and deceased--by the recording of their lives and deeds. Alaskana Catholica (a unique gift, whether to give or to receive) is a reference work in the format of an encyclopedia. It offers readers something more than mere bare-bones reference data and Who's Whos. Moreover, some entries have a story about the given entry's subject attached to them. Some have a tapestry woven out of a series of quotations from the mission diary of the given place attached to them. These stories and tapestries give readers a kind of you are there experience, of being present at an event of the past or at a place remote to them. Close to 400 images illustrate Alaskana Catholica. Embellished with several hundred photographs, the text is cross-referenced throughout by use of bold type to indicate entries that expand on the individual or place being discussed. A thorough bibliography and comprehensive index add to the book's accessibility and ease of use. Published for the Society of Jesus, Oregon Province, by the Arthur H. Clark Company. Contains a bibliography, and index. Supplemented by an introduction and chronology. Printed on acid-free paper and bound in blue linen cloth with foil stamped spine and color dust jacket. |
Contributor Bio(s): Renner, Louis L.: - Father Louis L. Renner, S.J., was ordained a priest in 1957. He spent the next five years in Europe studying French at the Sorbonne University, making his tertianship, and earning a doctorate in philosophy at the University of Munich. He then taught German and Latin at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks from 1965 to 1980, retiring from the university with Professor of German Emeritus status. From 1981 to 2002, while still residing in Fairbanks, he edited The Alaskan Shepherd. In June 2002--"missioned" to write a comprehensive history of the Catholic Church in Alaska--he joined the Gonzaga University Jesuit Community in Spokane, Washington, as "writer in residence." Alaskana Catholica is Father Renner's fifth book. |