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Faith in empire : religion, politics, and colonial rule in French Senegal, 1880-1940 / Elizabeth A. Foster.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 0804786224
  • 9780804786225
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 322/.10966309041 23
LOC classification:
  • BL2470.S38 F67 2013
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
To mock a nun : religion and politics in Senegal's communes, 1882-1890 -- Rivalry in translation : Catholicism, Islam, and French rule of the North-West Sereer, 1890-1900 -- "The storm approaches" : laicite and West Africa, 1901-1910 -- Proving patriotism : Catholic missionaries and the First World War in Senegal -- An ambiguous monument : Dakar's colonial cathedral of the Souvenir Africain -- Civilization, custom, and controversy : Catholic conversion and French rule in Senegal -- Conclusion : the limits of civilizing, 1936-1940.
Summary: 'Faith in Empire' is an innovative exploration of French colonial rule in West Africa, conducted through the prism of religion and religious policy. It examines the relationships among French Catholic missionaries, colonial administrators, and Muslim, animist, and Christian Africans in colonial Senegal between 1880 and 1940. In doing so, it illuminates the nature of the relationship between the French Third Republic and its colonies, reveals competing French visions of how to approach Africans, and demonstrates how disparate groups of French and African actors, many of whom were unconnected with the colonial state, shaped French colonial rule.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)713389

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

To mock a nun : religion and politics in Senegal's communes, 1882-1890 -- Rivalry in translation : Catholicism, Islam, and French rule of the North-West Sereer, 1890-1900 -- "The storm approaches" : laicite and West Africa, 1901-1910 -- Proving patriotism : Catholic missionaries and the First World War in Senegal -- An ambiguous monument : Dakar's colonial cathedral of the Souvenir Africain -- Civilization, custom, and controversy : Catholic conversion and French rule in Senegal -- Conclusion : the limits of civilizing, 1936-1940.

'Faith in Empire' is an innovative exploration of French colonial rule in West Africa, conducted through the prism of religion and religious policy. It examines the relationships among French Catholic missionaries, colonial administrators, and Muslim, animist, and Christian Africans in colonial Senegal between 1880 and 1940. In doing so, it illuminates the nature of the relationship between the French Third Republic and its colonies, reveals competing French visions of how to approach Africans, and demonstrates how disparate groups of French and African actors, many of whom were unconnected with the colonial state, shaped French colonial rule.