Anti-Catholicism in Arkansas: How Politicians, the Press, the Klan, and Religious Leaders Imagined an Enemy, 1910-1960

by Kenneth C. Barnes

Winner, 2017 Ragsdale Award

A timely study that puts current issues--religious intolerance, immigration, the separation of church and state, race relations, and politics--in historical context.

The masthead of the Liberator, an anti-Catholic newspaper published in Magnolia, Arkansas, displayed from 1912 to 1915 an image of the Whore of Babylon. She was an immoral woman sitting on a seven-headed beast, holding a golden...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 168226016X
• ISBN13: 9781682260166
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"