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...
| Veröffentlicht in: | International journal of Latin American religions |
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Springer International Publishing
[2020]
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International journal of Latin American religions
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| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Chihuahua (Staat)
/ Guerra Cristera
/ Katholizismus
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| RelBib Classification: | CB Christliche Existenz; Spiritualität CG Christentum und Politik KBR Lateinamerika KDB Katholische Kirche |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Social activism
B Religious Conflict B Mexico B Catholicism B Anti-clericalism |
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 2509-9965 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: International journal of Latin American religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s41603-020-00101-7 |