Tar Heel Catholics: A History of Catholicism in North Carolina (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780761825999)

Although today the largest religious denomination in the United States, until the 1960s the Roman Catholic Church represented less than 1% of North Carolina's population. 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.

Author: William F. Powers
ISBN-10: 0761825991
ISBN-13: 9780761825999
Publisher: University Press of America
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2003
Pages: 532
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.36w x 1.08d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2004 pg. 24