A study of two attempts by President Plutarco Elías Calles to establish a national church in Mexico
Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of History
First Advisor
Friedrich Schuler
Date of Publication
1995
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.) in History
Department
History
Language
English
Subjects
Plutarco Elías Calles (1877-1945), Catholic Church -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century, Church and state -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century
DOI
10.15760/etd.5443
Physical Description
1 online resource (135 p.)
Abstract
In the one-hundred years between 1810 and 1926 there were many civil wars in Mexico. The last of these wars. La Cristiada, was not fought, as were the previous civil wars, by groups seeking political control of Mexico. Rather, the genesis of this war was a question of who would control the Church in Mexico. The war began when President Plutarco Elias Calles attempted to enforce rigorously certain articles of the Constitution of 1917 as well as two laws which he promulgated. If Calles had succeeded, he would, in fact, have created a church in Mexico controlled by the federal government.
The material to support this thesis was taken largely from the Mexican legal documents, the writing of Calles, other sources contemporary with the events described and some secondary sources. This thesis stresses the religious reasons for the La Cristiada and discusses the war itself not at all.
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Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/20186
Recommended Citation
Gouran, Roger David, "A study of two attempts by President Plutarco Elías Calles to establish a national church in Mexico" (1995). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 3561.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.5443
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