The Demands of Humanity and Religion: The U.S. Catholic Church, Colonization, and the Mission to Liberia, 1842–44
The failure of the U.S. Catholic Church’s mission to Liberia in the mid-nineteenth century represented the Church’s inability to practice its idealistic teaching concerning slavery and manumission, as well as to cope with the situation of free persons of color in a culture where race and ethnicity w...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Catholic University of America Press
2014
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The catholic historical review
Year: 2014, Volume: 100, Issue: 1, Pages: 27-51 |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Bishop B Barron B Kenrick B African Church B Francis Patrick B Edward |
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| Summary: | The failure of the U.S. Catholic Church’s mission to Liberia in the mid-nineteenth century represented the Church’s inability to practice its idealistic teaching concerning slavery and manumission, as well as to cope with the situation of free persons of color in a culture where race and ethnicity were of the greatest significance. The mission’s lack of success can be attributed to a dearth of ecclesiastical personnel equipped to work among Americans or Africans; a predominantly Protestant environment hostile to the Catholic Church; large-scale immigration from Europe; and cultural differences between European churchmen and their American and African flocks. |
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| ISSN: | 1534-0708 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The catholic historical review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/cat.2014.0041 |