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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812039703321

Autore

Moran Katherine D. <1977->

Titolo

The imperial Church : Catholic founding fathers and United States empire / / Katherine D. Moran [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2021

ISBN

1-5017-4883-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

The United States in the world

Cornell scholarship online

Disciplina

325/.320973

Soggetti

Anti-Catholicism - United States - History

United States History Religious aspects Catholic Church

United States Territorial expansion Historiography

Philippines History Religious aspects Catholic Church

United States History 1865-1921

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2020.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Terminology -- Introduction: Thinking with Catholicism, Empire, and History -- 1. Making a Founding Father out of a French Jesuit -- 2. Imagining Peaceful Conquest -- 3. Making Parallel Histories out of Spanish Missions -- 4. Embodying Hospitality and Paternalism -- 5. Revising and Rejecting Antifriarism -- 6. Envisioning Catholic Colonial Order -- Conclusion: Imperial Church Stories -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Through a fascinating discussion of religion's role in the rhetoric of American civilizing empire, this book undertakes an exploration of how Catholic mission histories served as a useful reference for Americans narrating U.S. settler colonialism on the North American continent and seeking to extend military, political, and cultural power around the world. The text traces historical celebrations of Catholic missionary histories in the upper Midwest, Southern California, and the U.S. colonial Philippines to demonstrate the improbable centrality of the Catholic missions to ostensibly Protestant imperial endeavors.