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category: History
published: Feb 2003
ISBN:9781552381083
publisher: University of Calgary Press

Clerical Ideology in a Revolutionary Age

The Guadalajara Church and the Idea of the Mexican Nation, 1788-1853

by Brian F. Connaughton, translated by Mark A. Healey

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Clerical Ideology in a Revolutionary Age 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.

 

About the Authors

Brian F. Connaughton

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 Autonóma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa (Mexico City). He has published widely on late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century political culture and Catholicism in Mexico.

Mark A. Healey

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 Autonóma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa (Mexico City). He has published widely on late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century political culture and Catholicism in Mexico.
Contributor Notes

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 Autonóma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa (Mexico City). He has published widely on late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century political culture and Catholicism in Mexico.

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