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Author Keith, Charles, 1977-

Title Catholic Vietnam : a church from empire to nation / Charles Keith.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective
From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective.
Note Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Yale University, 2008.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents A church between the Nguyẽ̂n and the French -- A colonial church divided -- The birth of a national church -- Vietnamese Catholic tradition on trial -- A national church experienced -- The culture and politics of Vietnamese Catholic nationalism -- A national church in revolution and war -- Epilogue : a national church divided.
Summary Keith explores the complex position of the Catholic Church in modern Vietnamese history. Much like the revolutionary ideologies and struggles in the name of the Vietnamese nation the revolution in Vietnamese Catholic life polarized the place of the new Church in post-colonial Vietnamese politics and society.
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Subject Catholic Church -- Vietnam -- History.
Catholic Church.
Vietnam.
History.
Vietnam -- Church history.
Church history.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Church history.
History.
Other Form: Print version: 9780520272477
ISBN 9780520272477 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0520272471
9780520953826 (ebook)
0520953827