The Faithful: A History of Catholics in America

As a follow-up to Friday's post on American Catholicism, Katherine A. Powers of the Boston Globe has reviewed O'Toole's book, calling it "a penetrating, deftly worked summary of organizational and liturgical developments, formal and informal, in the American Catholic Church with emphasis on the role and influence of the laity." The Faithful: A History of Catholics in America is out now from HUP.