Madonna of 115th Street

Faith and Community in Italian Harlem, 1880-1950

Orsi Robert A.

This is a twenty-fifth anniversary edition of Robert A. Orsi's classic study of popular religion in Italian Harlem. In a new preface, Orsi discusses significant shifts in the field of religious history and calls for new ways of empirically studying divine presences in human life. Awarded the Alpha Sigma Nu National Book Prize (sponsored by Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States) for outstanding book in the humanities, it was also winner of the 1986 American Catholic Historical Association's John Gilmary Shea Prize.

About the Author

Robert A. Orsi is Professor of Religion, Northwestern University, and author of "Thank You, St. Jude".

Reviews

"'The Madonna of 115th Street' has over the last quarter century become a classic of American religious history. There are few books that I have enjoyed teaching more over the years and even fewer that have taught me as much about American Catholic history" – Leigh E. Schmidt, author of "Hearing Things: Religion, Illusion, and the American Enlightenment"

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