Overview
Tar Heel Catholics recounts the story of the Catholic Church in what was long called mission territory on the doorstep of a rapidly developing American Catholic institutional presence. The explanation of this phenomenon lies in the history of the Deep South itself, including slavery, segregation, and the overwhelming religious dominance of the Baptist church. Tar Heel Catholics relates the great difficulty early churchmen encountered in attempting to establish Catholicism in an inhospitable environment.
Full Product Details
Author: William F. Powers
Publisher: University Press of America
Imprint: University Press of America
Dimensions:
Width: 14.70cm
, Height: 3.40cm
, Length: 22.40cm
Weight: 0.685kg
ISBN: 9780761825982
ISBN 10: 0761825983
Pages: 532
Publication Date: 05 November 2003
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
This study is a welcome and informative addition to a growing southern Catholic historiography.--James M. Woods The Journal Of Southern History
Overall, Powers' book is important because it is the first comprehensive overview of the Catholic Church in North Carolina. Tar Heel Catholics should serve as a springboard for all future scholarship on Catholicism in a state that has evolved from a backwater of Catholicism into one of the nation's most dynamic Catholic communities. -- John Quinterno, Assistant Director, Program on Southern Politics, Media,and Public Life, UNC-Chapel Hill This book is reveting history... Catholic Historical Review This study is a welcome and informative addition to a growing southern Catholic historiography. -- James M. Woods, Georgia Southern University The Journal Of Southern History Tar Heel Catholics is strongly recommended for any interested reader, regardless of faith, and will also become the necessary starting point for academic researchers pursuing all topics related to Catholicism in North Carolina. -- Donald Beagle, Belmont Abbey College North Carolina Historical Review
Overall, Powers' book is important because it is the first comprehensive overview of the Catholic Church in North Carolina. Tar Heel Catholics should serve as a springboard for all future scholarship on Catholicism in a state that has evolved from a backwater of Catholicism into one of the nation's most dynamic Catholic communities. -- John Quinterno This book is reveting history... Catholic Historical Review This study is a welcome and informative addition to a growing southern Catholic historiography. -- James M. Woods The Journal Of Southern History Tar Heel Catholics is strongly recommended for any interested reader, regardless of faith, and will also become the necessary starting point for academic researchers pursuing all topics related to Catholicism in North Carolina. -- Donald Beagle North Carolina Historical Review
Author Information
William F. Powers was Professor of Sociology at Suffolk Community College until his retirement in 1999.
