The Vatican and Catholic Activism in Mexico and Chile
The Politics of Transnational Catholicism, 1920-1940
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 20 February 2014
- ISBN 9780199688487
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages266 pages
- Size 223x145x23 mm
- Weight 470 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
A religious and political history of transnational Catholic activism in Latin America during the 1920s and 1930s.
MoreLong description:
As in Europe, secular nation building in Latin America challenged the traditional authority of the Roman Catholic Church in the early twentieth century. In response, Catholic social and political movements sought to contest state-led secularisation and provide an answer to the 'social question', the complex set of problems associated with urbanisation, industrialisation, and poverty. As Catholics mobilised against the secular threat, they also struggled with each other to define the proper role of the Church in the public sphere. This study utilizes recently opened files at the Vatican pertaining to Mexico's post-revolutionary Church-state conflict known as the Cristero Rebellion (1926-1929). However, looking beyond Mexico's exceptional case, the work employs a transnational framework, enabling a better understanding of the supranational relationship between Latin American Catholic activists and the Vatican. To capture this world historical context, Andes compares Mexico to Chile's own experience of religious conflict. Unlike past scholarship, which has focused almost exclusively on local conditions, Andes seeks to answer how diverse national visions of Catholicism responded to papal attempts to centralize its authority and universalize Church practices worldwide.
The Politics of Transnational Catholicism applies research on the interwar papacy, which is almost exclusively European in outlook, to a Latin American context. The national cases presented illuminate how Catholicism shaped public life in Latin America as the Vatican sought to define Catholic participation in Mexican and Chilean national politics. It reveals that Catholic activism directly influenced the development of new political movements such as Christian Democracy, which remained central to political life in the region for the remainder of the twentieth century.
Stephen Andes's highly insightful book draws attention to the influence wielded outside Europe by an institution that has largely operated under the radar; it is an important addition to the growing body of archival-based work on the modern papacy.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Vatican Policy & Political Catholicism in Latin America before 1920
PART I: THE VATICAN & MEXICO IN THE 1920s
Catholic Activism in Revolutionary Mexico, c. 1920-1925
The Vatican & Mexico's Cristero Rebellion, 1926-1929
PART II: THE VATICAN & CHILE IN THE 1920s
A Transnational Triangle: The Vatican, Chilean Catholics, & Mexico's Cristero Rebellion
Precursors to Chilean Christian Democracy, c. 1920-1930
PART III: CONTESTING CATHOLIC ACTION
The Vatican & Mexican Lay Activists after the Cristero Rebellion
The Vatican, Chilean Conservatives, & Social Catholics in the 1930s
A Convergence in Rome: The 1933 Iberoamerican Congress
Conclusion
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