Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 182 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0822940574
,
0822960222
,
0822970503
,
1306555418
,
9780822940579
,
9780822960225
,
9780822970507
,
9781306555418
Series Statement:
Pitt Latin American series
Content:
Douglass Sullivan-Gonzalez examines the influence of religion on the development of nationalism in Guatemala during the period 1821-1871, focusing on the relationship between Rafael Carrera and the Guatemalan Catholic Church. He illustrates the peculiar and fascinating blend of religious fervor, popular power, and caudillo politics that inspired a multiethnic and multiclass alliance to defend the Guatemalan nation in the mid-nineteenth century
Content:
Sullivan-Gonzalez shows that religious discourse and ritual were crucial to the successful construction and defense of independent Guatemala. Sermons commemorating independence from Spain developed a covenantal theology that affirmed divine protection if the Guatemalan people embraced Catholicism. Sullivan-Gonzalez examines the extent to which this religious and nationalist discourse was popularly appropriated
Content:
Though populist and antidemocratic, the historic legacy of the Carrera years is the Guatemalan nation. Sullivan-Gonzalez details how theological discourse, popular claims emerging from mestizo and Indian communities, and the caudillo's ability to finesse his enemies enabled Carrera to bring together divergent and contradictory interests to bind many nations into one
Content:
Piety, power, and politics -- The Catholic Church regroups -- Popular protest and religious commotions -- The Covenant -- Carrera, the Church, and nation formation -- What changed?
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-175) and index
,
English
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Sullivan-González, Douglass, 1956- Piety, power, and politics
Language:
English
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