Protecting or Undermining the Constitution?: Discussiones on the role of religion and the catholic church in Guaranting Constitutional Order during Mexico's First Federal Republic (1824-1835)

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dialnet-ar-18-ART00004352472017-02-02Protecting or Undermining the Constitution?: Discussiones on the role of religion and the catholic church in Guaranting Constitutional Order during Mexico's First Federal Republic (1824-1835)Andrews, CatherineMexicoCatholic Liberalism1824 Federal ConstitutionCatholic ChurchConstitutional OrderChurch-State RelationsThis paper analyses the role of religion and the Catholic Church in Mexican constitutional thought in the first half of the nineteenth-century. Its principal hypothesis is that Independent Mexico.s political thinkers considered the promotion of the Catholic faith was necessary to ensure successful government and social order. In accordance with this idea, it argues that the debates which raged in the 1820s and 1830s over the questions of patronage and church property cannot be understood in terms of a confrontation between liberal and conservative ideas as has generally been the case in Mexican historiography. Rather, it contends that the division of opinion amongst the political elites on this matter was grounded in the debates that took place in eighteenth-century Spain in order to define the correct relationship between the Crown and the ChurchUniversidad de Oviedo: Area de Derecho ConstitucionalCentro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales2011text (article)application/pdfhttps://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=3728650(Revista) ISSN 1576-4729Historia constitucional: Revista Electrónica de Historia Constitucional, ISSN 1576-4729, Nº. 12, 2011281 pags. engLICENCIA DE USO: Los documentos a texto completo incluidos en Dialnet son de acceso libre y propiedad de sus autores y/o editores. Por tanto, cualquier acto de reproducción, distribución, comunicación pública y/o transformación total o parcial requiere el consentimiento expreso y escrito de aquéllos. Cualquier enlace al texto completo de estos documentos deberá hacerse a través de la URL oficial de éstos en Dialnet. Más información: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS STATEMENT: Full text documents hosted by Dialnet are protected by copyright and/or related rights. This digital object is accessible without charge, but its use is subject to the licensing conditions set by its authors or editors. Unless expressly stated otherwise in the licensing conditions, you are free to linking, browsing, printing and making a copy for your own personal purposes. All other acts of reproduction and communication to the public are subject to the licensing conditions expressed by editors and authors and require consent from them. Any link to this document should be made using its official URL in Dialnet. More info: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI

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Mexico
Catholic Liberalism
1824 Federal Constitution
Catholic Church
Constitutional Order
Church-State Relations

Mexico
Catholic Liberalism
1824 Federal Constitution
Catholic Church
Constitutional Order
Church-State Relations
Andrews, Catherine
Protecting or Undermining the Constitution?: Discussiones on the role of religion and the catholic church in Guaranting Constitutional Order during Mexico's First Federal Republic (1824-1835)

This paper analyses the role of religion and the Catholic Church in Mexican constitutional thought in the first half of the nineteenth-century. Its principal hypothesis is that Independent Mexico.s political thinkers considered the promotion of the Catholic faith was necessary to ensure successful government and social order. In accordance with this idea, it argues that the debates which raged in the 1820s and 1830s over the questions of patronage and church property cannot be understood in terms of a confrontation between liberal and conservative ideas as has generally been the case in Mexican historiography. Rather, it contends that the division of opinion amongst the political elites on this matter was grounded in the debates that took place in eighteenth-century Spain in order to define the correct relationship between the Crown and the Church

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Andrews, Catherine

Andrews, Catherine

Andrews, Catherine

Protecting or Undermining the Constitution?: Discussiones on the role of religion and the catholic church in Guaranting Constitutional Order during Mexico's First Federal Republic (1824-1835)

Protecting or Undermining the Constitution?: Discussiones on the role of religion and the catholic church in Guaranting Constitutional Order during Mexico's First Federal Republic (1824-1835)

Protecting or Undermining the Constitution?: Discussiones on the role of religion and the catholic church in Guaranting Constitutional Order during Mexico's First Federal Republic (1824-1835)

Protecting or Undermining the Constitution?: Discussiones on the role of religion and the catholic church in Guaranting Constitutional Order during Mexico's First Federal Republic (1824-1835)

Protecting or Undermining the Constitution?: Discussiones on the role of religion and the catholic church in Guaranting Constitutional Order during Mexico's First Federal Republic (1824-1835)

protecting or undermining the constitution?: discussiones on the role of religion and the catholic church in guaranting constitutional order during mexico's first federal republic (1824-1835)

Universidad de Oviedo: Area de Derecho Constitucional

2011

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