• Date: May 14 , 2008
• Location: Peoples Baptist Church of Boston
• Time:9AM - 3PM
Address and Directions



During Using ESSEX History's May 14th seminar, Prof. James O'Toole from Boston College will talk about the unique role that religion has played in Boston's history and culture. Beginning with the city's puritan founding and moving through the Protestant social gospel movement and the 19th century influx of Catholic immigrants from Ireland and Italy, Boston's strong religious ties had helped to determine the political, economic, and social history of the city. During the afternoon, Prof. O'Toole will lead teachers on a one-of-a-kind tour through Boston's South End to examine how the connections between the city's religious and cultural history are expressed in the urban landscape

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• Dr. James O'Toole
• Boston College
  
• Professor O'Toole teaches courses in the history of American religion and the history of American Catholicism. His interests lie in the history of religious ideas and in popular devotional practices. He is presently writing a general history of the American Catholic laity, and he is also studying the history of the practice of confession in America. A former archivist, he also teaches and publishes in the fields of archives and information studies.

Address and Directions

134 Camden Street
Boston, MA 02118
Map

From the T
Take the Orange Line to the Massachusetts Ave Stop.
Take a right out of the T, and follow signs for the Camden Street exit.
At the top of the stairs, take a left and follow Camden Street past the tennis courts.
Cross Columbus Ave, and enter through the Owen Roberts section

Parking is available in the lot across the street from the church.