Crossing swords : politics and religion in Mexico / / Roderic Ai Camp
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Camp Roderic A
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| Titolo: |
Crossing swords : politics and religion in Mexico / / Roderic Ai Camp
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (ix, 341 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 261.7/0972 |
| 282.72 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Christianity and politics - Catholic Church - History - 20th century |
| Church and state - Catholic Church - History - 20th century | |
| Church and state - Mexico - History - 20th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Mexico Church history 20th century |
| Mexico Politics and government 1988-2000 | |
| Note generali: | Previously issued in print: 1997. |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Crossing swords |
| ISBN: | 0-19-773313-1 |
| 1-280-53500-8 | |
| 0-19-535535-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910811269003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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