Sacred Rivals : Catholic missions and the making of Islam in nineteenth-century France and Algeria / Joseph W. Peterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peterson, Joseph W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--History.

Religion.

Interfaith worship.

International relations.

Catholic Church--Relations--Islam.

Catholic Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages)

Other Title:

Sacred Rivals

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2022.

Summary:

France;Algeria;Ottoman Syria;Islam;Catholicism;Catholic Orientalism;Imperialism;Missions;Jesuits;Louis Veuillot;Melchior de Vogüé;Charles Lavigerie;White Fathers;Humanitarianism;Œuvre d'Orient;Civilizing Mission.

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.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.