Beyond the Andes The Ultramontane Origins of a Latin American Church (1851-1910)

This book analyses the rise of a Latin American Catholic identity during the mid- to late nineteenth century. It starts with the founding of the first Latin American institution in history, the Pio Latin American College in Rome, and then moves on to a series of collective initiatives such as the Latin American Plenary Council in 1899. Moreover, these initiatives cannot be explained without taking into account two parallel processes: the internationalisation of the various Latin American churches and their orientation towards Rome. In just half a century, a transnational ultramontane culture had been developed and consolidated, which would make this Catholic periphery one of the most dynamic centres of contemporary Catholicism.

About the author

Francisco Javier Ramón Solans is Ramón y Cajal Researcher at the University of Zaragoza, Spain. His current research is on Catholic politics of the past, religious nationalism, hate speech and the limits of religious freedom in nineteenth-century Europe.

Product details

• Authors: Francisco Javier Ramón Solans
• Publisher: Brill Schöningh
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 11.04.2025
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918
• EAN: 9783506794703
• ISBN: 978-3-506-79470-3
• Pages: 279
• Dimensions (packing): 16.3 x 2.4 x 24.3 cm
• Weight (packing): 693 g
• Series: Modern Catholicisms 2 > 2; Modern Catholicisms > 2
• Subjects: Katholizismus, Europa, Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte, Europäische Geschichte, american, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Beyond, Latin, HISTORY / Europe / General, Rome, Römische Kirche, Nineteenth Century, Church, origins, Ramón, Javier, Andes, Francisco, MCAT, ca. 1500 bis zur Gegenwart, Romanization, Atlantic history, 1851-1910, Ultramontane, transnational catholicism, Solans