Mexico Religion

In the tumultuous decades following Mexico's independence from Spain, religion provided a unifying force among the Mexican people, who otherwise varied greatly in ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Accordingly, religion and the popular cultures surrounding it form the lens through which Terry Rugeley focuses this cultural history of southeast Mexico from independence (1821) to the rise of the dictator Porfirio Diaz in 1876. Drawing on a wealth of previously unused archival material, Rugeley vividly reconstructs the folklore, beliefs, attitudes, and cultural practices of the Maya and Hispanic peoples of the Yucatan. In engagingly written chapters, he explores folklore and folk wisdom, urban piety, iconography, and anticlericalism. Interspersed among the chapters are detailed portraits of individual people, places, and institutions, that, with the archival evidence, offer a full and fascinating history of the outlooks, entertainments, and daily lives of the inhabitants of southeast Mexico in the nineteenth century. Rugeley also links this rich local history with larger events to show how macro changes in Mexico affected ordinary people.

"This book offers important insights into how people are taking religion into their own hands in a Mexican town. . . . Cahn's representations of Tzintzuntzenos allow readers to see them as folks much like ourselves, trying to use religion to find meaning in life and to negotiate life's transitions and crises. . . . The book is beautifully written."--Christine Eber, author of Women and Alcohol in a Highland Maya TownSince the 1960s, evangelical Christian denominations have made converts throughout much of Roman Catholic Latin America, causing clashes of faith that sometimes escalate to violence. Yet in one Mexican town, Tzintzuntzan, the appearance of new churches has provoked only harmony. Catholics and evangelicals alike profess that "all religions are good," a sentiment not far removed from "here we are all equal," which was commonly spoken in the community before evangelicals arrived. In this paradigm-challenging study, Peter Cahn investigates why the coming of evangelical churches to Tzintzuntzan has produced neither the interfaith clashes nor the economic prosperity that evangelical conversion has brought to other communities in Mexico and Latin America. Drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, he demonstrates that the evangelicals' energetic brand of faith has not erupted into violence because converts continue to participate in communal life, while Catholics, in turn, participate in evangelical practices. He also underscores how Tzintzuntzan's integration into global economic networks strongly motivates the preservation of community identity and encourages this mutual borrowing. At the same time, however, Cahn concludes that the suppression of religious difference underminesthe revolutionary potential of religion.

Criticism of Religion - The criticism of religion includes criticism of the concept of religion itself, criticism of the practice of religion, and criticism of the consequences of religion on humanity as a whole. The singular word religion is used here referring to the concept of religion, rather than a particular religion or any group of religions.

Culture of the Philippines - The Customs and Traditions of the Philippines are strongly influenced by the culture of Spain, Mexico and the Roman Catholic religion. Each year, Filipinos from around the country hold major festivities known as Barrio Fiesta which commemorate the patron saints of the town, villages and regional districts.

Army of the Three Guarantees - ... the Three Guarantees (EjÃ©rcito Trigarante or Ejercito de las Tres GarantÃas) was the name given to the army after the unification of the Spanish troops led by AgustÃn de Iturbide and the Mexican troops of Vicente Guerrero, consolidating Mexico's independence from Spain. The decree creating this army, appeared in the Plan de Iguala, which stated the three guarantees which it was meant to defend: religion, independence, and unity.

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State of New Mexico - State of New Mexico 100 Years of Filmmaking in New Mexico New Mexico's diverse landscapes state of new mexico and extraordinary light have attracted filmmakers since 1898 when Thomas Edison sent camera crews to Isleta Pueblo to shoot a short film entitled Indian Day School. In the 1990s alone, more than 100 movies state of new mexico and television series have been shot on location in New Mexico. This survey of the industry's presence in the state, put together ...

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