Title Sacred Rivals Catholic Missions and the Making of Islam in Nineteenth-Century France and Algeria

Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (293 p.) Summary Sacred Rivals focuses on French Catholic ideas about Islam and Arab-ness in the context of religious culture wars in France and of missionary work in colonial Algeria, highlighting the shift from initial admiration for Islam and optimism about Muslim conversion to Christianity to the disillusionment by the end of the nineteenth century when French Catholics joined in racially coded attacks on ""Arab"" Islam Notes Description based upon print version of record Subject Catholic Church -- Missions -- Algeria -- History Catholic Church -- Relations -- Islam. SUBJECT Catholic Church fast Subject Missions, French -- Algeria -- History Islam -- Relations -- Catholic Church Islam -- Public opinion -- History Interfaith relations International relations Islam Islam -- Public opinion Missions Missions, French Public opinion, French Religion Religion & beliefs. Religion. SUBJECT Algeria -- Religion -- 19th century Algeria -- Foreign public opinion, French Algeria -- Relations -- France France -- Relations -- Algeria Subject Algeria France Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780197605288 0197605281

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