03183oam 2200613Ia 450 991081126900332120231018215312.00-19-773313-11-280-53500-80-19-535535-0(CKB)1000000000398969(EBL)430711(OCoLC)252608057(SSID)ssj0000132969(PQKBManifestationID)11132076(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000132969(PQKBWorkID)10040683(PQKB)11436106(Au-PeEL)EBL430711(CaPaEBR)ebr10278055(CaONFJC)MIL53500(MiAaPQ)EBC430711(EXLCZ)99100000000039896919960103d1997 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCrossing swords politics and religion in Mexico /Roderic Ai CampNew York :Oxford University Press,1997.1 online resource (ix, 341 pages)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 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; 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.Christianity and politicsCatholic ChurchHistory20th centuryChurch and stateCatholic ChurchHistory20th centuryChurch and stateMexicoHistory20th centuryMexicoChurch history20th centuryMexicoPolitics and government1988-2000Christianity and politicsCatholic ChurchHistoryChurch and stateCatholic ChurchHistoryChurch and stateHistory261.7/0972282.72Camp Roderic A893744MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811269003321Crossing swords3988408UNINA