The War of Words: The Subversive Use of "Christ the King" and the Otherworldly Politics of the Catholic Laity in Mexico, 1925–1929

The establishment of the Feast of Christ the King on New Year’s Eve, 1925, can be understood as a political statement aimed at censuring political changes in Europe and the Western hemisphere wrought by World War I (1914-1918). The disorder brought on by the collapse of the German empire, the dissol...

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Main Author: Gómez-Rossi, Alfonso (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Common Ground Publishing 2022
In: The international journal of religion and spirituality in society
Year: 2022, Volume: 12, Issue: 1, Pages: 195-211
Further subjects:B Cristeros
B Christ the King
B Mexico
B Catholicism
B Performative Actions
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