03353nam 2200637Ia 450 991045798650332120200520144314.01-280-53500-80-19-535535-0(CKB)1000000000398969(EBL)430711(OCoLC)252608057(SSID)ssj0000132969(PQKBManifestationID)11132076(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000132969(PQKBWorkID)10040683(PQKB)11436106(MiAaPQ)EBC430711(Au-PeEL)EBL430711(CaPaEBR)ebr10278055(CaONFJC)MIL53500(EXLCZ)99100000000039896919960103d1997 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrCrossing swords[electronic resource] politics and religion in Mexico /Roderic Ai CampNew York Oxford University Press19971 online resource (352 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-510784-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-325) and index.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 Actors11 Structure and Decision Making: The Bishop in His Diocese 12 The Church Viewed through Political and Clerical Lenses; Appendix: Mexican Bishops; Bibliographic Essay; IndexBased 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. It is also the first analysis of the Mexican Catholic Church which uses national survey research to examineChristianity and politicsCatholic ChurchHistory20th centuryChurch and stateCatholic ChurchHistory20th centuryChurch and stateMexicoHistory20th centuryMexicoChurch history20th centuryMexicoPolitics and government1988-2000Electronic books.Christianity and politicsCatholic ChurchHistoryChurch and stateCatholic ChurchHistoryChurch and stateHistory261.7/0972282.72Camp Roderic A893744MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457986503321Crossing swords2053972UNINA