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" The Catholic Church and the Early Stages of King Leopold II’s Colonial Projects in the Congo (1876–1886) "
Jairzinho Lopes Pereira

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1083547
Doc. No	:	LA127176
Call No	:	‭10.1163/18748945-03201003‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Jairzinho Lopes Pereira
Title & Author	:	The Catholic Church and the Early Stages of King Leopold II’s Colonial Projects in the Congo (1876–1886) [Article]\ Jairzinho Lopes Pereira
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Social Sciences and Missions
Date	:	2019
Volume/ Issue Number	:	32/1-2
Page No	:	82–104
Abstract	:	In what follows I analyse the involvement of the Catholic Church in the early stages of King Leopold’s colonial projects in the Congo. I argue that in a moment of particular political frailty and seduced by the unique missionary opportunities that the King’s projects presented, the Holy See viewed the support for the Leopoldian projects in Africa as the only prudent decision. I demonstrate that, in Belgium, leading Catholic authorities promoted the King’s projects in the Congo under the premises of nationalism and patriotism. In what follows I analyse the involvement of the Catholic Church in the early stages of King Leopold’s colonial projects in the Congo. I argue that in a moment of particular political frailty and seduced by the unique missionary opportunities that the King’s projects presented, the Holy See viewed the support for the Leopoldian projects in Africa as the only prudent decision. I demonstrate that, in Belgium, leading Catholic authorities promoted the King’s projects in the Congo under the premises of nationalism and patriotism.
Descriptor	:	Berlin Conference
Descriptor	:	Catholic Church
Descriptor	:	Catholic missions in the Congo
Descriptor	:	Conférence de Géographie de Bruxelles
Descriptor	:	History of Religion
Descriptor	:	King Leopold II
Descriptor	:	Religion Society
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	Social Sciences
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/18748945-03201003‬