Catholics' Lost Cause

Rezensionen / Stimmen

"Tate raises a number of questions about the role of religious orders and parish priests in the story of southern Catholicism. Overall, Catholics' Lost Cause helps fill an important void in the scholarship on southern religion and U.S. Catholic history. " -The Journal of Southern Religion

"Adam Tate's work is a valuable addition to the growing body of literature on Catholicism in the American South. . . . The clarity of Tate's style renders even such complex subjects easily accessible to readers without a background in the field, while his work doubtlessly will be of great interest to specialists. " -American Catholic Studies

"In this masterful study of Catholics in antebellum South Carolina, Adam Tate notes that many people see a 'natural affinity between Catholicism and the South' . . . Tate's book is engaging and draws on a wealth of primary and secondary sources." -Catholic Social Science Review

"This is a well-written, well-researched account of the difficulties and dilemmas the Catholic Church faced in South Carolina from 1820 through the end of the Civil War. In addition to mining the volumes of manuscripts of two remarkable prelates, John England and Patrick Lynch, Tate has used other primary documents of the period, including the valuable United States Miscellany, the first Catholic newspaper in America."-James M. Woods, Georgia Southern University

"Tate presents an engaging, well-written monograph that explores the complicated relationship among antebellum Roman Catholics in South Carolina, southern identity, South Carolina politics, and much more. Ultimately, this is a study of the unique southern Catholic identity that existed in the antebellum South. This is a much needed, long overdue study. Tate demonstrates a solid grasp of the secondary literature in religious and antebellum southern history."-Katherine E. Rohrer, University of North Georgia

"Adam Tate's new book Catholics' Lost Cause is a welcome addition to the scholarship on the history of religion in the South." -Post and Courier

"According to Tate, the loyalty of South Carolina Catholics to their Southern identity resulted in their participation in a Catholic version of the lost cause. Tate's argument is well supported and the story is engaging." -Choice

"The book contains rich content and unveils textured episodes that will interest a cross-section of scholars. . . . Tate does an admirable job outlining the subtleties of the nullification crisis and the subsequent national breakdown over slavery." -American Historical Review