Church and State in Mexico from Calles to Cárdenas, 1924-1938
Description:
This dissertation presents an overview of Church- State relations in Mexico from 1924 to 1938. It examines the actions and motives of prominent national leaders, the papacy, the episcopate, and the Mexican citizenry to determine justification and culpability. This dissertation presents several conclusions. When Calles enforced the anticlerical provisions of the Constitution of 1917, the clergy withdrew from the churches in protest. The episcopate as a body bore a moral responsibility for the Cr…
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Date:
May 1976
Creator:
Joseph, Harriett Denise
Partner:
UNT Libraries