TY - BOOK AU - Keith,Charles TI - Catholic Vietnam: a church from empire to nation T2 - From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective SN - 9780520272477 AV - BX1650.A7 K45 2012 U1 - 282/.597 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Berkeley PB - University of California Press KW - Catholic Church KW - Vietnam KW - History KW - fast KW - HISTORY KW - Asia KW - Southeast Asia KW - bisacsh KW - RELIGION KW - Christianity KW - Catholic KW - General KW - Church history KW - Electronic books N1 - Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Yale University, 2008; Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=484485 ER -