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Author Keith, Charles, 1977-

Title Catholic Vietnam : a church from empire to nation / Charles Keith
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource
Series From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective
From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective
Contents A church between the Nguyễn and the French -- A colonial church divided -- The birth of a national church -- Vietnamese Catholic tradition on trial -- A national church experienced -- The culture and politics of Vietnamese Catholic nationalism -- A national church in revolution and war -- Epilogue : a national church divided
Summary Keith explores the complex position of the Catholic Church in modern Vietnamese history. Much like the revolutionary ideologies and struggles in the name of the Vietnamese nation the revolution in Vietnamese Catholic life polarized the place of the new Church in post-colonial Vietnamese politics and society
Notes Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Yale University, 2008
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Catholic Church -- Vietnam -- History
Catholic Church -- History.
SUBJECT Catholic Church fast
Subject HISTORY -- Asia -- Southeast Asia.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- Catholic.
HISTORY -- Asia -- General.
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.
Christianity.
SUBJECT Vietnam -- Church history
Subject Vietnam
Genre/Form Church history
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012021916
ISBN 9780520272477
0520272471
9780520953826
0520953827
1283594447
9781283594448