African Catholic : decolonization and the transformation of the Church /

This book examines French history, African history, the history of Catholicism, and religious studies. The book approaches the history of late colonialism and decolonization in French sub-Saharan Africa from a political and cultural perspective, by examining it through the prism of religion. Drawing...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Foster, Elizabeth Ann, 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Catholic Church > Africa > History.
Catholic Church > History > 1965-
Catholic Church > History.
Église catholique > Histoire.
Église catholique > Histoire > 1965-
Catholic Church
Since 1965
Decolonization > Africa, French-speaking > History.
Decolonization > Africa, Sub-Saharan > History.
Christianity and culture > Africa, French-speaking > History.
Christianity and culture > Africa, Sub-Saharan > History.
Décolonisation > Afrique francophone > Histoire.
Décolonisation > Afrique subsaharienne > Histoire.
Christianisme et civilisation > Afrique francophone > Histoire.
Christianisme et civilisation > Afrique subsaharienne > Histoire.
RELIGION > Christianity > Catholic.
HISTORY > Africa > General.
Christianity and culture
Decolonization
Africa
French-speaking Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Catholic conversations at the end of empire
  • Postwar winds of change : church and state in French Africa
  • A truly universal church : Alioune Diop and Catholic negritude
  • Theologies of colonization : debating the legitimacy of empire
  • Entirely Christian and entirely African : African Catholic students in France
  • Men of transition : African clergy in postwar French Africa
  • Foe or friend? Catholics and Islam on the eve of independence
  • Slavery and charity : connecting French Catholics to Africa
  • Conclusion : Decolonization and Vatican II.

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