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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457321603321

Autore

Dormady Jason <1975->

Titolo

Primitive revolution [[electronic resource] ] : restorationist religion and the idea of the Mexican Revolution, 1940-1968 / / Jason Dormady

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albuquerque, : University of New Mexico Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-63685-9

0-8263-4952-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Disciplina

261.7/2097209045

Soggetti

Church and state - Mexico - History - 20th century

Primitivism - Religious aspects - Christianity - History - 20th century

Primitivism - Mexico - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Mexico Church history 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

La Luz del Mundo and Hermosa Provincia -- The fullness of the kingdom of God and the New Jerusalem -- Sinarquismo and the María Auxiliadora colonization experiment -- Community, law, and religion.

Sommario/riassunto

In this intriguing study, Jason Dormady examines the ways members of Mexico's urban and rural poor used religious community to mediate between themselves and the state through the practice of religious primitivism, the belief that they were restoring