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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. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, [2022]
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.
Religion > History.
International relations.
Missions françaises > Algérie > Histoire.
Islam > Opinion publique > Histoire.
Religion > Histoire.
Relations internationales.
religious history.
international relations.
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
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Sincerely Religious: Louis Veuillot and Catholic Representations of Islam and Empire
  • Chapter 2: God and Caesar: Missionaries and Militaires in Colonial Algeria
  • Chapter 3: White unto Harvest: Religion, Race, and the Jesuit Mission Arabe at Constantine
  • Chapter 4: Crusade of Charity: Liberal Catholic Roots of the Civilizing Mission
  • Chapter 5: Conspiracy to Massacre: Liberal Catholics and the Invention of Pan-Islam
  • Chapter 6: Worthy of his Hire: Charles Lavigerie, Algerian Muslims, and Missionary Fundraising
  • Chapter 7: Compel Them to Come: Algerian Students and Colonial Racism between France and Algeria
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.