Southern Crucifix, Southern Cross: Catholic-Protestant Relations in the Old South

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments This work would not have been possible without the advice and support of many people and organizations.emory university provided several grants for research and conference travel, as well as a fellowship that allowed me to focus on this project. one of the great pleasures of the project was the opportunity to explore archives across the South. i am very grateful to the archivists of the diocese of charleston, the archdiocese of Baltimore, the archdiocese of mobile, Spring Hill college, the university of notre dame, and the Southern Historical collection at the university of north carolina–chapel Hill. in particular, i would like to thank mary giles of charleston, michael King and Sr. mary elizabeth cullen of mobile, and Jessica deese of Fairhope. i am especially grateful to the Filson Historical Society of louisville for financial assistance, as well as for the support and encouragement i received from the society’s excellent staff during my research there. Parts of this work appeared in the journal Religion and American Culture , published by the center for the Study of Religion and american culture and the university of california Press, and in the Encyclopedia of Religion in America, published by cQ Press.i am grateful to those publishers for allowing me to use this material, to the editors for their suggestions, and to the anonymous reviewers for their insights. i am also very grateful to The university of alabama Press. it was a pleasure to work with my editor, daniel Waterman, and i am deeply indebted to the press’s anonymous reviewers, who provided remarkably detailed and insightful evaluations of the manuscript. over the years, i have presented parts of this project at several conferences , and i am grateful to all those respondents who raised questions and made suggestions.i also benefited greatly from the opportunity to partici- x acknowledgments pate in two a. Worley Brown Southern Studies seminars at emory. i am grateful to my fellow participants and to merle Black for facilitating one of the seminars and for providing valuable suggestions for the chapter on slavery.i am deeply indebted to the late elizabeth Fox-genovese,not only for leading the other seminar, but also for being an inspiring teacher and a wonderful source of insight and support. i am also grateful to eugene genovese for several stimulating discussions and for guiding me to many valuable resources, and to Patrick allitt for his suggestions. i am particularly grateful to two wonderful mentors for their guidance and encouragement.over the years,James Roark read and edited numerous drafts of this work with endless patience,graciousness,and insight. His affirmation that this project was worth exploring has always meant a great deal to me. my greatest debts are to Brooks Holifield, who first suggested this topic and who over the years provided unflagging support and encouragement.This work would not have been possible without his generosity and insights. Whatever is of value in the following pages belongs at least as much to him as it does to me. on a personal note, i wish to thank the people of leasburg united methodist church, who demonstrated that good catholic-Protestant relations continue to this day, and Homer Simpson, whose good humor and perspective were constant inspirations. i am also extremely grateful to grant Wacker for the interest he took in this project and for all the ways he has advised and assisted me, as well as to Katherine Wacker for all her support and kindness over the years. i have also been fortunate to receive support from my parents, Krisztina Krivátsy Stern and Henry Stern, who taught me to see wonders in different cultures and to hear wisdom in the voices of the past.and,in this as in all my endeavors over the past ten years, i owe a great deal to laura. i cannot thank her enough so i will simply say—Ich liebe Dich. Southern Crucifix, Southern Cross ...