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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.

Publisher:

Stanford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xiv, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Religion and state--Senegal--History--19th century.
Religion and state--Senegal--History--20th century.
Religion and politics--Senegal--History--19th century.
Religion and politics--Senegal--History--20th century.
Catholic Church--Senegal--History--19th century.
Catholic Church--Senegal--History--20th century.
Church and state--Africa.--Colonies--Africa.
France--Religion.--Africa--Religion.
France--Politics and government--1870-1940.

Notes:

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" : 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.

ISBN:

0804783802 (cloth)
9780804783804 (cloth)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)813301002

LCCN:

2012040242

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)