Abstract

CURLEY ALVAREZ, Robert  and  MORA, Jorge Omar. Civic Catholicism, Liberal Reform and Modern Politics in Rural Jalisco, 1867-1890. Hist. mex. [online]. 2021, vol.71, n.2, pp.851-897.  Epub Oct 18, 2021. ISSN 2448-6531.  https://doi.org/10.24201/hm.v71i2.4345.

This article analyzes the multiple, complex relationships between the local representations of the church, the state and the population, thus contributing to a more critical interpretation of the mosaic of possibilities that characterized the Liberal Reform during the last third of the 19th Century. For this purpose, we have opted to observe a series of contrasting cases in four Jalisco towns: Ahualulco, Chapala, Tapalpa and Teocaltiche. At the local scale, it is possible to gain a perspective from below, one that goes beyond the aims of the state to account for a more disordered, less teleological historical process. The central argument is that people acted in defense of varied interests and mobilized the church and state in their defense in accordance with historical contingencies. The sources used come from two different archives. The Jalisco History Archive contains sources generated by the civil registry, which connects the state government with local authorities, such as municipal governments, police forces and its local representatives. These documents deal with matters in which the authorities interpreted the laws on secularization in terms of local cases. The other, the History Archive of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara, provided sources on the relationships between believers, the parish and the Archbishop.

Keywords : Civic Catholicism; Secularization; Liberal Reform; Jalisco; 19th Century.

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