Anti-Catholicism in America, 1620-1860

Zusammenfassung Useful for readers who want a clear and useful understanding of the origins and meaning of anti-Catholic bias in America, and the ironic role that such bias played in defining and sustaining some of the core values of American identity.

Autorentext
Maura Jane Farrelly is Associate Professor American Studies at Brandeis University, Massachusetts.

Klappentext
Farrelly uses America's early history of anti-Catholicism to reveal contemporary American understandings of freedom, government, God, the individual, and the community.

Inhalt
Preface; 1. 'It hath been found inconsistent with the safety and welfare of this Protestant Kingdom.': anti-Catholicism in Old England and New; 2. 'This Province is God be thanked very peaceable and quiet.': anti-Catholicism and colonial Catholics in the seventeenth century; 3. 'The common Word then was: No King, No Popery.': anti-Catholicism and the American revolution; 4. 'The Catholic religion is modified by the spirit of the time in America.': anti-Catholicism and the new republic; 5. 'Those now pouring in upon us are wholly of another kind in morals and intellect.': anti-Catholicism in the age of immigration; 6. 'The benumbing and paralyzing influence of Romanism is such, as to disqualify a person for the relish and enjoyment of liberty.': anti-Catholicism and American politics; Epilogue.

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