Catholic history of Civil War era blends scholarship, storytelling
This is the cover of the book "Faith and Fury: The Rise of Catholicism During the Civil War" by Father Charles P. Connor. The book is reviewed by Nancy L. Roberts. (CNS) Help us expand our reach! Please share this article "Faith and Fury: The Rise of Catholicism During the Civil War" by Father Charles P. Connor. EWTN Publishing (Irondale, Alabama, 2019). 258 pp., $19.95. "Faith and Fury" aptly describes the atmosphere that 19th-century American Catholics must have experienced. Then, waves of Irish and German Catholic immigrants invigorated the church and also encountered nativist rage and v...
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