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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foster, Elizabeth A., Author.

Contributor:

Foster, Elizabeth Ann, 1976-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Senegal--History--19th century.

Catholic Church.

Catholic Church--Senegal--History--20th century.

Religion and state--Senegal--History--19th century.

Religion and state.

Religion and state--Senegal--History--20th century.

Religion and politics--Senegal--History--19th century.

Religion and politics.

Religion and politics--Senegal--History--20th century.

Church and state--France--Colonies.

Church and state.

France--Colonies--Africa--Religion.

France.

France--Politics and government--1870-1940.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2013.

Summary:

"Faith in Empire is an innovative exploration of French colonial rule in West Africa, conducted through the prism of religion and religious policy. Elizabeth Foster 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 she 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. Among other topics, the book provides historical perspective on current French controversies over the place of Islam in the Fifth Republic by exploring how Third Republic officials wrestled with whether to apply the legal separation of church and state to West African Muslims". -- Publisher.

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" : laïcité 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804786225

0804786224

OCLC:

827207380