If There Were One People: Francis Weninger and the Segregation of American Catholicism
This article uses the career of Francis Weningeran Austrian Jesuit who traversed the United States preaching mostly to German audiencesto trace the development of Roman Catholic approaches to African American missions from the end of the Civil War to the rise of Jim Crow. The study proceeds in two...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
[2017]
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Religion and American culture
Year: 2017, Volume: 27, Issue: 2, Pages: 218-246 |
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Weninger, Franz Xaver 1805-1888
/ USA
/ Germans
/ Catholicism
/ Mission (international law
/ The Americas
/ Blacks
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Catholic
B Race B German B Black B Weniger |
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| Summary: | This article uses the career of Francis Weningeran Austrian Jesuit who traversed the United States preaching mostly to German audiencesto trace the development of Roman Catholic approaches to African American missions from the end of the Civil War to the rise of Jim Crow. The study proceeds in two parts, each of which addresses three themes. The first half treats Weninger's work among American Germans, examining the historical context, mission strategy, and revivalistic activity involved in Weninger's work among his fellow immigrants. The second half details Weninger's evangelistic efforts among African Americans, reversing the order of these themes: first, it describes his activity, then, his strategy and motivation, and, finally, how Weninger's work fits into the broader context of Catholic race relations. The paper shows that the activism of Francis Weninger, the most significant Catholic advocate of missions to African Americans during the key time period in which the American Catholic church adopted an official policy of racial segregation, helped both to stimulate and to define later Roman Catholic initiatives to evangelize African Americans. Weninger modeled his approach to evangelizing African Americans directly on his work among German immigrants, encouraging both groups to establish their own ethnically and racially segregated parishes. |
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| ISSN: | 1533-8568 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion and American culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1525/rac.2017.27.2.218 |