Of special interest in the book is the treatment of slavery, the attitudes of Catholics toward blacks, and the tensions of the Civil War. The book makes use of a great deal of primary and archival materials and concludes with endnotes and an index... Adris Newsletter It is a gold mine for the patient reader...Madden's work is important, not only because it is the first complete account of South Carolina Catholicism, but also because it gives us much data for reflection on the nature of Southern Catholicism and on the contemporary challenges of our post-Vatican Council II age. The Catholic Historical Review It is a gold mine for the patient reader...Madden's work is important, not only because it is the first complete account of South Carolina Catholicism, but also because it gives us much data for reflection on the nature of Southern Catholicism and on the contemporary challenges of our post-Vatican Council II age. The Catholic Historical Review Of special interest in the book is the treatment of slavery, the attitudes of Catholics toward blacks, and the tensions of the Civil War. The book makes use of a great deal of primary and archival materials and concludes with endnotes and an index... Adris Newsletter
