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.

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.

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