Anti-Catholicism in the Mexican Revolution, 1913-1940 (Diálogos Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826366910 ISBN 13: 9780826366917

Publisher: UNM Press, 2024

Synopsis

Anti-Catholicism in the Mexican Revolution, 1913–1940 examines anti-Catholic leaders and movements during the Mexican Revolution, an era that resulted in a constitution denying the Church political rights. Anti-Catholic Mexicans recognized a common enemy in a politically active Church in a predominantly Catholic nation. Many books have elucidated the popular roots and diversity of Roman Catholicism in Mexico, but the perspective of the Church’s adversaries has remained much less understood.

This volume provides a fresh perspective on the violent conflict between Catholics and the revolutionary state, which was led by anti-Catholics such as Plutarco Elías Calles, who were bent on eradicating the influence of the Catholic Church in politics, in the nation’s educational system, and in the national consciousness. The zeal with which anti-Catholics pursued their goals—and the equal vigor with which Catholics defended their Church and their faith—explains why the conflict between Catholics and anti-Catholics turned violent, culminating in the devastating Cristero Rebellion (1926–1929).

Collecting essays by a team of senior scholars in history and cultural studies, the book includes chapters on anti-Catholic leaders and intellectuals, movements promoting scientific education and anti-alcohol campaigns, muralism, feminist activists, and Mormons and Mennonites. A concluding afterword by Matthew Butler, a global authority on twentieth-century Mexican religion, provides a larger perspective on the themes of the book.

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About the Author

Jürgen Buchenau is the Dowd Term Chair of Capitalism Studies and a professor of history and Latin American studies at UNC Charlotte.

David S. Dalton is the Ruth G. Shaw Associate Professor of the Humanities in Spanish and Latin American Studies at UNC Charlotte, where he is also the director of the Latin American Studies program.

Edition details

• Publisher: UNM Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826366910
• ISBN 13: 9780826366917
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Buchenau Jürgen, Dalton David S.