The Imperial Church : : Catholic Founding Fathers and United States Empire / / Katherine D. Moran.

Through a fascinating discussion of religion's role in the rhetoric of American civilizing empire, The Imperial Church undertakes an exploration of how Catholic mission histories served as a useful reference for Americans narrating US settler colonialism on the North American continent and seek...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2020]
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Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:The United States in the World
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Physical Description:1 online resource (330 p.) :; 11 b&w halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • A Note on Terminology
  • Introduction: Thinking with Catholicism, Empire, and History
  • PART I. Jacques Marquette in the Upper Midwest
  • 1. Making a Founding Father out of a French Jesuit
  • 2. Imagining Peaceful Conquest
  • PART II. Franciscans in Southern California
  • 3. Making Parallel Histories out of Spanish Missions
  • 4. Embodying Hospitality and Paternalism
  • PART III. Friars in the Philippines
  • 5. Revising and Rejecting Antifriarism
  • 6. Envisioning Catholic Colonial Order
  • Conclusion: Imperial Church Stories
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index