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Sacred Rivals Catholic Missions and the Making of Islam in Nineteenth-Century France and Algeria.

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Sacred Rivals focuses on French Catholic ideas about Islam and Arab-ness in the context of religious culture wars in France and of missionary work in colonial Algeria, highlighting the shift from initial admiration for Islam and optimism about Muslim conversion to Christianity to the disillusionment...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peterson, Joseph W.
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2023.
Subjects:
Catholic Church > Missions > Algeria > History.
Catholic Church > Relations > Islam.
Église catholique > Missions > Algérie > Histoire.
Catholic Church
Missions, French > Algeria > History.
Islam > Relations > Catholic Church.
Islam > Public opinion > History.
Algeria > Religion > 19th century.
Algeria > Foreign public opinion, French.
Algeria > Relations > France.
France > Relations > Algeria.
Missions françaises > Algérie > Histoire.
Islam > Opinion publique > Histoire.
Interfaith relations
International relations
Islam
Islam > Public opinion
Missions
Missions, French
Public opinion, French
Religion
Algeria
France
Religion & beliefs.
Religion.
1800-1899
Electronic books.
History
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Summary:Sacred Rivals focuses on French Catholic ideas about Islam and Arab-ness in the context of religious culture wars in France and of missionary work in colonial Algeria, highlighting the shift from initial admiration for Islam and optimism about Muslim conversion to Christianity to the disillusionment by the end of the nineteenth century when French Catholics joined in racially coded attacks on ""Arab"" Islam.
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (293 p.)
ISBN:9780197605288
0197605281