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Contents List of Illustrations viii Acknowledgments ix Foreword xiii Introduction 1 1. A Church between the nguyễn and the French 18 2. A Colonial Church divided 55 3. The birth of a national Church 88 4. Vietnamese Catholic tradition on trial 118 5. A national Church Experienced 147 6. The Culture and Politics of Vietnamese Catholic nationalism 177 7. A national Church in revolution and War 208 Epilogue. A national Church divided 242 Notes 249 Bibliography 289 Index 305 ...

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