After the Exodus
Catholics and the Formation of Postcolonial Identity in Algeria
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4009155 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Darcie Fontaine (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | French Politics Culture & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1537-6370 • E-ISSN: 1558-5271 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/fpcs.2015.330206 |
| OpenAlex | W2337632129 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
As French officials negotiated the terms of Algerian independence with the Provisional Government of the Republic of Algeria (GPRA) in 1961–62, among the issues discussed was the future of the Christian population. After colonial occupation and armed struggle, in which the defense of “Christian civilization” in Algeria had been a major ideological justification for French violence against the Algerian population, the future of Christianity in postcolonial Algeria was not self-evident. This article examines how European Catholics negotiated their position in post-independence Algeria. I demonstrate that Catholic attempts to “become Algerian” and decolonize the Church were intertwined with global religious politics, economic necessities, and colonial history. Yet their continued presence in Algeria demonstrates that the standard narratives of postcolonial rupture between the European and Algerian populations do not hold up, for, in the early years of post-independence Algeria, European Catholics played an active role in the construction of the postcolonial nation
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Christianity · Civilization · Colonialism · Decolonization · Ethnology · Ideology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Demography · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · North African History and Literature · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.27 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |