Beschreibung:
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 seeking to extend military, political, and cultural power around the world. Katherine D. Moran traces historical celebrations of Catholic missionary histories in the upper Midwest, Southern California, and the US colonial Philippines to demonstrate the improbable centrality of the Catholic missions to ostensibly Protestant imperial endeavors.
Introduction: Thinking with Catholicism, Empire, and HistoryPart I: Jacques Marquette in the Upper Midwest1. Making a Founding Father out of a French Jesuit2. Imagining Peaceful ConquestPart II: Franciscans in Southern California3. Making Parallel Histories out of Spanish Missions4. Embodying Hospitality and PaternalismPart III: Friars in the Philippines5. Revising and Rejecting Antifriarism6. Envisioning Catholic Colonial OrderConclusion: Imperial Church Stories