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It has often been stated that in their religious (a) practices and (b) beliefs Italianimmigrants observed a Catholicism that was quite different from the Catholicism thathad been established in the United States by English, German and Irish immigrants whopreceded them. Observers noted the physicality of Italian practices, the penetration ofeveryday life by religion, the personal appeal of Christ and certain saints, the centralityof women in religious devotions, and a series of vibrant visual and aural experiencesthat seemed to preserve aspects of pre-Christian paganism. Citing specific passages(by page number) in Christ in Concrete, describe the part played by religion in thehousehold of Paul's family

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