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Fathers on the Frontier

- French Missionaries and the Roman Catholic Priesthood in the United States, 1789-1870

About Fathers on the Frontier

Michael Pasquier examines the "lived" religion of French missionaries in their daily encounters with anti-Catholic Protestants and anti-clerical Catholics on the American frontier. Focusing on the collective thoughts, feelings, and actions of priests who found themselves caught between the formal canonical standards of the church and the informal experiences of missionaries in American culture, Pasquier illuminates the historical intersection of American, French, and Roman interests in the United States. He finds that at no point did French missionaries engage more directly in distinctively American affairs than in the religious debates surrounding slavery, secessions, and civil war. These issues, he shows, compelled even the most politically aloof missionaries to step out of the shadow of Rome and stake their church on the side of the Confederacy.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780195372335
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 312
  • Published:
  • February 3, 2010
  • Dimensions:
  • 234x156x21 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 649 g.
Delivery: 2-3 weeks
Expected delivery: December 15, 2024
Extended return policy to January 30, 2025

Description of Fathers on the Frontier

Michael Pasquier examines the "lived" religion of French missionaries in their daily encounters with anti-Catholic Protestants and anti-clerical Catholics on the American frontier. Focusing on the collective thoughts, feelings, and actions of priests who found themselves caught between the formal canonical standards of the church and the informal experiences of missionaries in American culture, Pasquier illuminates the historical intersection of American, French, and
Roman interests in the United States. He finds that at no point did French missionaries engage more directly in distinctively American affairs than in the religious debates surrounding slavery, secessions, and civil war. These issues, he shows, compelled even the most politically aloof missionaries
to step out of the shadow of Rome and stake their church on the side of the Confederacy.

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