Anti-Catholicism has had a long presence in American history. The Civil War in 1861 gave Catholic Americans a chance to prove their patriotism once and for all.

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Highlighting recent and new directions in contemporary research in the field, So Conceived and So Dedicated offers a complete and updated picture of intellectua

How did Southern Catholics, under international religious authority and grounding unlike Southern Protestants, act with regard to political commitments in the r