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



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Autore: Camp Roderic A Visualizza persona
Titolo: Crossing swords : politics and religion in Mexico / / Roderic Ai Camp Visualizza cluster
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
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  Visualizza cluster
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.: 9910784796703321
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