For Christ and Country - Militant Catholic Youth in Post-Revolutionary Mexico

Informationen zum Autor Robert Weis is Professor of History at the University of Northern Colorado and the author of Bakers and Basques: A Social History of Bread in Mexico (2012). Klappentext Explores the religious world of the young urban Catholics who conspired to kill Mexican President Álvaro Obregón in 1928. Zusammenfassung Examines the religious beliefs and practices of a generation of Catholics who came of age in the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution. It centers on José de León Toral, who killed revolutionary leader Álvaro Obregón to combat anticlerical laws and bring on a millenarian vision of the Kingdom of Christ. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Catholics and anticlericals: from reforma to revolution; 2. The enforcement of anticlericalism; 3. Sugar Catholics; 4. Imprudent youth; 5. Martyrdom; 6. Trial; Conclusions.

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• Authors: Robert Weis, Robert (University of Northern Colorado) Weis, Weis Robert
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9781108493024
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49302-4
• No. of pages: 213
• Series: Cambridge Latin American Studies; Cambridge Latin American Studi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Mexico, HISTORY / Latin America / General, Christianity, History of the Americas