Religion and Political Change in the Modern World
Religion and Political Change in the Modern World

Author: Jeffrey Haynes

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-09-07

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1317697006

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The purpose of the book is to ascertain whether there is a generic impact that ‘religion’ brings to bear on recent political changes in the modern world. Over the last two decades or so, there have been increasing numbers of political issues with which various manifestations of religion engage. This impact is not restricted exclusively to countries in the ‘developed’ or ‘developing’ world. Instead, we seem to be seeing a widespread impact of religion on politics which defies earlier assumptions about secularisation. This presumed that the more ‘modern’ a country is then the less likely it is that religion will play a significant political role. Recent evidence is, however, firmly to the contrary: the degree of ‘modernity’ in a country does not correspond well with the amount of ‘religiosity’ in a country, nor with the role that religion can play in politics. The book focuses on the recent return of religion to politics. It assesses how religion is involved in recent examples of political change in various countries, including the impact of religion on democratization. The book features both theoretical chapters and case studies. The case studies examine different countries (Israel, Egypt, Morocco, and Iran) and regions (Sub-Saharan Africa), with a focus on Islam, Judaism and Protestantism and Catholicism. The overall aim is to get a sense of what is happening when religion and politics interact. The chapters in this book were originally published in Democratization.

Catholicism and Politics in Argentina, 1810-1960
Catholicism and Politics in Argentina, 1810-1960

Author: Austen Ivereigh

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-07-27

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 1349136182

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A rare study of Catholicism in Latin-American politics prior to Vatican II, this work examines the role of Catholics and Catholic theology in the development of Argentine political history. The author challenges standard interpretations in arguing that Argentine authoritarianism derives principally from the Enlightenment offshoots of liberalism and popular nationalism. The author argues that the tension between these strains, and a broad humanistic cultural framework informed by the Catholic tradition, helps to explain Argentine political instability, while shedding new light on leaders and movements, and especially Peronism.

The King's Living Image
The King's Living Image

Author: Alejandro Caneque

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-04-15

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 1135945098

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To rule their vast new American territories, the Spanish monarchs appointed viceroys in an attempt to reproduce the monarchical system of government prevailing at the time in Europe. But despite the political significance of the figure of the viceroy, little is known about the mechanisms of viceregal power and its relation to ideas of kingship. Examining this figure, The King's Living Image challenges long-held perspectives on the political nature of Spanish colonialism, recovering, at the same time, the complexity of the political discourses and practices of Spanish rule. It does so by studying the viceregal political culture that developed in New Spain in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and the mechanisms, both formal and informal, of viceregal rule. In so doing, The King's Living Image questions the very existence of a "colonial state" and contends that imperial power was constituted in ritual ceremonies. It also emphasizes the viceroys' significance in carrying out the civilizing mission of the Spanish monarchy with regard to the indigenous population. The King's Living Image will redefine the ways in which scholars have traditionally looked at the viceregal administration in colonial Mexico.

Cuba y el mundo. Articulos politicos
Cuba y el mundo. Articulos politicos

Author: Alejandro Roque Glez

Publisher: Alejandro's Libros

Published: 2011-06

Total Pages: 141

ISBN-13: 1463594208

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El autor nació en Ciudad Habana en el año 1964, y actualmente reside en el sur de la Florida, Estados Unidos. Entre sus escritos se encuentran poemas de diferente temario; otras obras extensas de carácter bíblico como el libro titulado '¡Tierra, tierra, tierra! Oye Palabra de Yahweh'; cuentos, obras de teatro, escritos políticos sobre el acontecer mundial y de su país natal; además del conocido libro autobiográfico 'Nacido Patria o Muerte'; libros de salmos y alabanzas cristianas, y la obra literaria 'Aventuras de Victorino Chang'.Aquí te entregamos este libro de 30 artículos 'Cuba y el mundo. Artículos políticos', compilados durante la segunda mitad de los años 2009-2010. En ellos se reflejan y analizan puntos de vista del autor en referencia a su país natal y hechos que transcurren progresivamente en nuestro acontecer mundial.Como dato complementario relacionado a la trayectoria educacional del autor, es graduado con una Maestría en Ciencias (MS) y enseñanza de la lengua española en Nova Southeastern University (NSU); graduado con una Licenciatura en Artes (BA) y la lengua española en Florida Atlantic University (FAU) ambas en los EE.UU; y graduado como Piloto de Combate y Mando Táctico en el Instituto Militar Superior de las Fuerzas Aéreas Soviéticas A. Serov en Krasnodar, antigua URSS.CONTENIDO-Introducción.-La hipocresía de la prensa.-¿Calentamiento global o gobierno mundial?-Toreando gallinitas.-Raulito y su cobardía del ALBA.-El Proyecto Varela y el Movimiento Cristiano Liberación.-Reconciliando proyectos.-La verdad de lo ocurrido Comandante.-Cuba, levántate y anda. -La hora de la verdad Comandante.-El camarada y las becas del gran futuro.-Cuba, mi vecino cubano, y el año nuevo.-El gran cubano Félix Varela y Morales.-Jugando al Socialismo bueno o malo.-El socialismo venezolano y su maquinaria reguladora.-Entre fuego y marabú.-Orlando Zapata y el muro de Berlín.-The 100 yrs old Beast of Jekyll Island.-Se acerca la muerte física de los tiranos de Cuba.-¿Es el Islam una religión de paz?-El derecho a ser libre.-¿Cómo puede haber paz?-Chávez como buen hijo de Putin.-Raúl Castro, Communism-Socialism, and Autocratic Leaders.-Basilio, Quitera, Camacho, y el Nuevo Orden Mundial Socialista.-The Emotional Intelligence of Transformational Leaders.-El Compañero y la Compañera.-¿Desarme o engaño mundial?-¡Feliz Navidad a todos!-La Niebla que nos impide la Fe.-"Tierra de mis amores eternos".

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Publisher: Soffer Publishing

Published:

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 8613361161

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Nacido Fundamentalista, Nacido De Nuevo Catolico
Nacido Fundamentalista, Nacido De Nuevo Catolico

Author: David Currie

Publisher: Ignatius Press

Published: 2015-12-01

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 1681496941

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David Currie se crió en una familia cristiana devota en la que su padre era predicador fundamentalista, y ambos padres eran profesores en el Instituto Bíblico Moody (Moody Bible Institute). Toda la formación de Currie estaba inmersa en la vida del protestantismo fundamentalista—profesores de teología, presidentes de seminarios y fundadores de agencias misioneras evangélicas eran invitados frecuentes en su casa. Currie mismo recibió un título de Trinity International University y estudió en el programa de licenciatura en estudios teológicos (Master of Divinity) en Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Escribió este libro con el fin de explicar a sus amigos y familiares fundamentalistas y evangélicos el porqué se hizo católico romano. Currie presenta una descripción clara, sistemática e inteligible de las razones de su conversación a la Iglesia antigua que Cristo fundó. Ofrece un debate detallado de las creencias teológicas y doctrinales que católicos y evangélicos mantienen en común, y también aquellas doctrinas clave que los separan, particularmente le Eucaristía, el Papa y María.

Catholic Women and Mexican Politics, 1750–1940
Catholic Women and Mexican Politics, 1750–1940

Author: Margaret Chowning

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2024-11-05

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 0691264570

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"Historians have long looked to networks of elite liberal and anti-clerical men as the driving forces in Mexican history over the course of the long nineteenth century. This traditional view, writes Margaret Chowning, cannot account for the continued power of the Catholic Church in Mexico, which has withstood extensive and sustained political opposition for over a century. How, then, must the scholarly consensus change to better reflect Mexico's history? In this book, Chowning shows that the church repeatedly emerged as a political player, even when liberals won elections, primarily because of the overlooked importance of women in politics. Catholic women kept the church alive through the wars of independence and made it into the political force it continues to be in present-day Mexico. Using archival sources from ten Mexican states, the book shows how women, who were denied the vote and expected to stay out of the political sphere, nevertheless forged their own form of citizenship through the church. After Mexico gained its independence in 1821, women self-consciously developed new lay associations and assumed leadership roles within them. These new associations not only kept Catholicism vibrant, they also pushed women into public sphere. Methodologically, this book shows the value of exploring gender in political and religious history and reveals the equal importance of informal political power to more formal activities like voting"--