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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784796703321

Autore

Camp Roderic A

Titolo

Crossing swords : politics and religion in Mexico / / Roderic Ai Camp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1997

ISBN

0-19-773313-1

1-280-53500-8

0-19-535535-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 341 pages)

Disciplina

261.7/0972

282.72

Soggetti

Christianity and politics - Catholic Church - History - 20th century

Church and state - Catholic Church - History - 20th century

Church and state - Mexico - History - 20th century

Mexico Church history 20th century

Mexico Politics and government 1988-2000

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-325) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Church and State: Foundations of Analysis; 2 Historical Underpinnings and Reform: Two Decades in Brief Repose; 3 Issues Facing the Church: Politics, Partisanship, and Development; 4 Issues Facing the Church: Moral and Spiritual Challenges; 5 Religion, Politics, and the Laity; 6 Becoming a Priest: Why Mexicans Enter the Clergy; 7 Educating the Clergy: From Priest to Bishop; 8 Who Are the Bishops?: Consequences of Family and Place; 9 Church-State Interlocks: Informal Relations; 10 Structure and Decision Making: International and National Actors; 11 Structure and Decision Making: The Bishop in His Diocese 12 The Church Viewed through Political and Clerical Lenses; Appendix: Mexican Bishops; Bibliographic Essay; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Based on a decade of field research, this work is the first book-length, scholarly examination in English of the role of Catholicism in Mexican society since the 1970's through 1995, and the increasing political activism of the Catholic church and clergy. It is also the first analysis of church-state relations in Latin America that incorporates detailed



interviews of numerous bishops and clergy and leading politicians about how they see each other and how religion influences their values.