Catholics of the North: the Catholic Mobilization in Chihuahua During the Religious Conflict

The Mexican state of Chihuahua, like the entire northern border region, was long considered a scarcely Catholic state, influenced by liberalism and the Protestant presence reinforced by its proximity to the USA. This vision began to change since Jean Meyer, in the 1990s, realized that also in Chihua...

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Published in:International journal of Latin American religions
Main Author: Savarino Roggero, Franco 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer International Publishing [2020]
In: International journal of Latin American religions
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Chihuahua (State) / Guerra cristera / Catholicism
RelBib Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
CG Christianity and Politics
KBR Latin America
KDB Roman Catholic Church
Further subjects:B Social activism
B Religious Conflict
B Mexico
B Catholicism
B Anti-clericalism
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Summary:The Mexican state of Chihuahua, like the entire northern border region, was long considered a scarcely Catholic state, influenced by liberalism and the Protestant presence reinforced by its proximity to the USA. This vision began to change since Jean Meyer, in the 1990s, realized that also in Chihuahua, during the religious conflict, there was a remarkable social and political Catholic activity. Although the “Cristiada” did not spread there in 1927, a vigorous social Catholicism had taken root in Chihuahua, and all the major Catholic organizations of the time were present and active. The Catholics of Chihuahua developed an ability for mobilization and social activism that helped delay the onslaught of the religious conflict in the state until the late 1920s and early 1930s. In the wake of Chihuahua’s experience, in sum, it is necessary to review the still entrenched idea that Northern Mexico was alien or lukewarm in the context of the Catholic resistance movement to the anti-clerical policy of the post-revolutionary state.
ISSN:2509-9965
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal of Latin American religions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s41603-020-00101-7