Regards sur l’âme en Nouvelle-France

Regards sur l’âme en Nouvelle-France, Volume 1, examines the complex evolution of Catholic spirituality within a colonial setting. This history text analyzes how practitioners in New France adapted and reinvented the expressions of the French Catholic Reformation. The work focuses on the intersection of individual faith and the structured requirements of organized religion.

The narrative explores the inherent tension between personal spiritual trajectories and collective religious life in colonial spaces. By focusing on these dynamics, Regards sur l’âme en Nouvelle-France provides a detailed scholarly perspective on the spiritual landscape of the era. This volume offers a rigorous academic study of how faith was practiced and modified in the unique environment of New France.