Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- [1] Catholic California: The Historic Junction of Religion, Region, and Law in Perez v. Lippold (1948) -- [2] The Historical Origins of American Laws on Interracial Sex and Marriage: The Role of Religion and Region -- [3] Church Authority or States' Rights?: Protestant and Catholic Theologies of Marriage -- [4] Noah's Sons and Common Origins in Adam and Eve: Protestant and Catholic Theologies of Race -- [5] States' Rights and the Southern White Protestant Theology of Race in Antimiscegenation Laws and Cases, 1867-1964 -- [6] The Southern Lingua Franca of Race: Judge Leon M. Bazile and White Catholics -- Epilogue: A Postmodernist's Reflections on History and Knowledge -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.