Guatemala's Catholic revolution : a history of religious and social reform, 1920-1968 / Bonar L. Hernández Sandoval.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hernández Sandoval, Bonar L., 1979- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Guatemala--History--20th century.

Catholic Church.

Church and state--Guatemala--History--20th century.

Church and state.

Christianity and politics--Guatemala--History--20th century.

Christianity and politics.

History.

Guatemala.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 239 pages : illustrations, map, portrait ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2018]

Summary:

"This book examines the emergence of progressive Catholicism in Guatemala and the interaction between clerics and indigenous Mayan communities. By the 1920s, the Guatemalan church (whose power was diminished by the anticlerical reforms of the nineteenth century) reemerged as a temporal political force. This revival was fueled by the expansion of papal power, the proliferation of Church-sponsored lay organizations, and immigration."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Papal power and church-state relations

The romanized church

The resurgent church

The missionary church

The reformist church

The progressive church.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Hernández Sandoval, Bonar L., 1979- Guatemala's Catholic revolution.

ISBN:

9780268104412

0268104417

OCLC:

1031917526