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Crossing Swords: Politics and Religion in Mexico
Contributor(s): Camp, Roderic Ai (Author)

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 ISBN: 0195107845     ISBN-13: 9780195107845
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
OUR PRICE: $252.00  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: January 1997
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Annotation: Based on a decade of field research, Crossing Swords is the first book-length, scholarly examination in English of the role of Catholicism in Mexican society from the 1970s to 1995, and the increasing political activism of the Catholic church and clergy. The book provides the first analysis of church-state relations in Latin America that incorporates detailed interviews with numerous bishops and clergy and leading politicians about how they see each other and how religion influences their values. Camp offers an inside look at the decision-making process of bishops at the diocesan level and draws on national survey research to examine prevailing Mexican attitudes toward religion, Christianity, and Catholicism both before, during, and after Mexico's constitutional changes on church-state relations. Incorporating comparative literature from the United States and Europe, Crossing Swords reaches a number of challenging conclusions about the interlocking relationship between religion and politics, casting light on both general theoretical arguments and on the peculiarities of the Mexican case. A comprehensive and original look at a topic of importance well beyond Mexico, this book will be essential reading for scholars and students of religion generally as well as those involved with Latin America.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Religion, Politics & State
- Religion | History
- Social Science | Sociology Of Religion
Dewey: 261.709
LCCN: 96000838
Lexile Measure: 1660(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.98" H x 6.46" W x 9.55" L (1.06 lbs) 352 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Latin America
- Cultural Region - Mexican
 
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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 1970s 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 examine Mexican attitudes toward religion, Christianity, and Catholicism, and provides the first inside look at the decision-making process of bishops at the diocesan level.
 
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