Print version: Tate, Adam L. Catholics’ Lost Cause Notre Dame, IN : University of Notre Dame Press,c2018 ISBN 9780268104177
Cover -- Half Title -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Context of Catholicism in Antebellum South Carolina -- 2. Spreading the Word -- 3. Apologetics: Will the Real American Please Stand Up? -- 4. An Identity of Our Own Making: Public Representations of Catholicism in Charleston -- 5. Republicanism and Common Sentiments: South Carolina Catholics and Politics -- 6. South Carolina Catholics and Slavery -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Catholics’ Lost Cause argues that the primary goal of clerical leaders in antebellum South Carolina was to unite Catholicism and southern culture to root Catholic institutions into the region..