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Author Foster, Elizabeth Ann, 1976- author.

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

Publication Info. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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" : laicite 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.
Summary 'Faith in Empire' is an innovative exploration of French colonial rule in West Africa, conducted through the prism of religion and religious policy. It 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, it 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.
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Subject Catholic Church -- Senegal -- History -- 19th century.
Catholic Church.
Senegal.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Catholic Church -- Senegal -- History -- 20th century.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Catholic Church.
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 -- Africa -- Colonies.
Church and state.
France.
Africa.
Colonies.
France -- Colonies -- Africa -- Religion.
Religion.
France -- Politics and government -- 1870-1940.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1870-1940
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: 9780804783804 0804783802 (DLC) 2012040242
ISBN 0804786224 (electronic book)
9780804786225 (electronic book)
9780804783804 (cloth)
0804783802 (cloth)