Thomas A Tweed: 3 books
The American Encounter with Buddhism, 1844-1912
Victorian Culture and the Limits of Dissent
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2005
In this landmark work, Thomas Tweed examines nineteenth-century America's encounter with one of the world's major religions. Exploring the debates about Buddhism that followed upon its introduction in this country, Tweed shows what happened when the transplanted religious movement came into contact...
Our Lady of the Exile
Diasporic Religion at a Cuban Catholic Shrine in Miami
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 1997
Our Lady of the Exile is a study of Cuban-American popular Catholicism, focusing on the shrine of Our Lady Charity in Miami. Drawing on a wide range of sources and using both historical and ethnographic methods, the book examines the religious life of the Cuban exiles who visit the shrine. Those pilgrims...
America's Church
The National Shrine and Catholic Presence in the Nation's Capital
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
The National Shrine in Washington, DC has been deeply loved, blithely ignored, and passionately criticized. It has been praised as a "dazzling jewel" and dismissed as a "towering Byzantine beach ball." In this intriguing and inventive book, Thomas Tweed shows that the Shrine is...