American Catholics and the Quest for Equality in the Civil War Era

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American Catholics and the Quest for Equality in the Civil War Era is written by Robert Emmett Curran and published by LSU Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0807179655 (ISBN 10) and 9780807179659 (ISBN 13).

Robert Emmett Curran’s masterful treatment of American Catholicism in the Civil War era is the first comprehensive history of Roman Catholics in the North and South before, during, and after the war. Curran provides an in-depth look at how the momentous developments of these decades affected the entire Catholic community, including Black and indigenous Americans. He also explores the ways that Catholics contributed to the reshaping of a nation that was testing the fundamental proposition of equality set down by its founders. Ultimately, Curran concludes, the revolution that the war touched off remained unfinished, indeed was turned backward, in no small part by Catholics who marred their pursuit of equality with a truncated vision of who deserved to share in its realization.