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Following Father Chiniquy: Immigration, Religious Schism, and Social Change in Nineteenth-Century Illinois
Caroline B Brettell
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Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HRAF; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
In the late 1850s and early 1860s, the attention of the Catholic and Protestant religious communities around the world focused on a few small settlements of French-Canadian immigrants in north-central Illinois. Soon after arriving in their new home, a large number of these immigrants, led by Father Charles Chiniquy, the charismatic Catholic priest who had brought them there, converted to Protestantism. In this anthropological history, Caroline B. Bretell explores how Father Chiniquy took on both the sacred and secular authority of the Catholic Church to engineer the religious schism and how the legacy of this rift affected the lives of ... Read more
In the late 1850s and early 1860s, the attention of the Catholic and Protestant religious communities around the world focused on a few small settlements of French-Canadian immigrants in north-central Illinois. Soon after arriving in their new home, a large number of these immigrants, led by Father Charles Chiniquy, the charismatic Catholic priest who had brought them there, converted to Protestantism. In this anthropological history, Caroline B. Bretell explores how Father Chiniquy took on both the sacred and secular authority of the Catholic Church to engineer the religious schism and how the legacy of this rift affected the lives of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809334162
SKU
V9780809334162
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99-15
About Caroline B Brettell
Caroline B. Brettell is Ruth Collins Altshuler Professor of Anthropology and director of the Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute at Southern Methodist University, USA. She is the author, coauthor, editor, or coeditor of fourteen books, the most recent of which is Civic Engagements: The Citizenship Practices of Indian and Vietnamese Immigrants.
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