| Clerical Ideology in a Revolutionary Age: The Guadalajara Church and the Idea of the Mexican Nation, 1788-1853 UK Edition Contributor(s): Connaughton, Brian F. (Author), Healey, Mark A. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1552380831 ISBN-13: 9781552380833 Publisher: University of Calgary Press OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science - History | Latin America - Mexico |
| Dewey: 322 |
| Physical Information: 1.24" H x 5.53" W x 8.87" (1.58 lbs) 435 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Cultural Region - Mexican |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Clerical Ideology in a Revolutionary Age: The Guadalajara Church and the Idea of the Mexican Nation, 1788-1853 clearly delineates the role of the Catholic Church in the making of Mexico as a nation. It provides a nuanced sense of clerical thought during the turbulent years leading to and following Mexico's national independence. Connaughton delves deeply into various primary sources from Guadalajara between 1788 and 1853, including printed sermons of high clergymen, contemporaneous newspapers, pamphletry, and pastoral letters. Analyzing this literature in the broader context of the Enlightenment, Connaughton looks at the Enlightenment's potentially corrosive ideas, the rise of liberalism, the complex relationship between Church and State, and the spread of secular mentality. With a balanced approach to clerical discourse, this study of the substance, contradictions, and evolution of Church thinking and political posturing in the face of Bourbon Reforms and the rise of liberalism should be required reading for any student or scholar of Mexican history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Connaughton, Brian F.: - Brian Connaughton earned his PhD in Latin American Studies (History) from Universidad Nacional Autonóma de México. He is a professor and researcher at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa (Mexico City). He has published widely on late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century political culture and Catholicism in Mexico. |