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The imperial Church : Catholic founding fathers and United States empire / Katherine D. Moran.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moran, Katherine D., 1977- author.
- Series:
- United States in the world.
- Cornell scholarship online.
- The United States in the world
- Cornell scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catholic Church--United States--Historiography.
- Catholic Church.
- Catholic Church--Missions--United States--History.
- Catholic Church--Missions--Philippines--History.
- Anti-Catholicism--United States--History.
- Anti-Catholicism.
- United States--History--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
- United States.
- United States--Territorial expansion--Historiography.
- Philippines--History--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
- Philippines.
- United States--History--1865-1921.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2021.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Through a fascinating discussion of religion's role in the rhetoric of American civilizing empire, this book undertakes an exploration of how Catholic mission histories served as a useful reference for Americans narrating U.S. settler colonialism on the North American continent and seeking to extend military, political, and cultural power around the world. The text traces historical celebrations of Catholic missionary histories in the upper Midwest, Southern California, and the U.S. colonial Philippines to demonstrate the improbable centrality of the Catholic missions to ostensibly Protestant imperial endeavors.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Terminology
- Introduction: Thinking with Catholicism, Empire, and History
- 1. Making a Founding Father out of a French Jesuit
- 2. Imagining Peaceful Conquest
- 3. Making Parallel Histories out of Spanish Missions
- 4. Embodying Hospitality and Paternalism
- 5. Revising and Rejecting Antifriarism
- 6. Envisioning Catholic Colonial Order
- Conclusion: Imperial Church Stories
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 16, 2020).
- ISBN:
- 9781501748837
- 1501748831
- OCLC:
- 1119127796
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