Dear Mr. Calles: U.S. Protestant Interpretations of the Cristero War and the Moral Art of History
The article examines how conservative Protestants and Protestant-influenced organizations appropriated the religious conflict in Mexico's Cristero War. Topics discussed include the church-state conflict that led to the war in 1926, an analysis of correspondence sent by Protestants to Mexicon�...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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[2020]
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Fides et historia
Year: 2020, Volume: 52, Issue: 1, Pages: 23-38 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBQ North America KBR Latin America KDB Roman Catholic Church KDD Protestant Church SA Church law; state-church law |
| Further subjects: | B
Church & state; Mexico; History
B Protestant churches & state B Cristero Rebellion, 1926-1929 B History of the Catholic Church & state B Protestants; United States B SECTARIAN conflict |
| Summary: | The article examines how conservative Protestants and Protestant-influenced organizations appropriated the religious conflict in Mexico's Cristero War. Topics discussed include the church-state conflict that led to the war in 1926, an analysis of correspondence sent by Protestants to Mexicon's President Plutarco Elias Calles supporting the war with Catholics, and how U.S. Protestants viewed the war through their own domestic political issues. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Fides et historia
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