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Book SynopsisIn The Politics of Religion and the Rise of Social Catholicism in Peru (1884-1935) Ricardo Cubas Ramacciotti provides a lucid synthesis of the Catholic Church’s responses to the secularisation of the State and society whilst offering a fresh appraisal of the emergence of Social Catholicism and its contribution to social thought and development of civil society in post-independence Peru. Making use of diverse historical sources, Cubas provides a comprehensive view of a reformist yet anti-revolutionary trend within the Peruvian Church that, decades before the emergence of Liberation Theology and under divergent intellectual paradigms, developed an active agenda that addressed the new social problems of the country, including those of urban workers, and of indigenous populations.
Trade Review"Ricardo Daniel Cubas Ramacciotti’s well-researched study (...) this specialized monograph establishes the Church’s indispensability to Peruvian identity as well as specific agenda items and ample bibliography for further research." - Ruth Chojnacki, De Paul University, The Catholic Historical Review 104, no 3, 2018. "(...) Cubas Ramacciotti presents a cogent analysis that elucidates new aspects of the processes of adjustment and “revival” experienced by Peruvian Catholicism during the reform of Church-state relations. Written in accessible language, The Politics of Religion and the Rise of Social Catholicism in Peru (1884-1935) promises to be compelling reading for students and graduate scholars interested in the study of secularization and the social history of the Catholic Church in Latin America." - Noah Oehri, University of Bern, Reading Religion, 17 September 2018. "This well-researched monograph helps to fill gaps in historians’ understanding of the rise of liberation theology in Peru." - Cameron D. Jones, California Pylotechnic State University, The Americas 76, March 2019.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Academic Approach and Sources 'Culture Wars' and Catholic Renewal Catholicism and Politics in Peruvianist Historiography Structure Part I. The Politics of Religion 1 Church and State: Viceregal and Early Republican Antecedents The Catholic Monarchy Enlightened Absolutism and Religious Reform Independence and Ecclesiastical Crisis The Ultramontane Church Regalism and the Liberal Challenge 2 The Secularisation Process during the Aristocratic Republic (1884–1919) The Republican Patronato Legal Status of Religious Institutes Ecclesiastial Property and Economy Civil Registry and the Sociedades de Beneficencia Pública Civil Marriage Religious Tolerance 3 Leguía's Oncenio and the Politics of Religion (1919–1930) The Political Project of the Patria Nueva Church-State Relations during the Oncenio The Militant Church 4 Catholicism and the Emergence of Mass Politics in Peru (1930–1935) Radical Parties and the Sacralisation of Politics The Unión Popular The Church, Civil Turmoil and the Constitution of 1933 Part II. The Catholic Revival 5 Bishops and the Clergy 6 Lay Associations The Sociedad Católico-Peruana The Unión Católica The First Catholic Peruvian Congress (1896) Female Associations New Catholic Associations 7 Catholicism and Culture Pre and Post-Independence Decline The Rebirth of Catholic Education The Catholic University and the Intellectual Renewal The Catholic Press Part III. Social Catholicism 8 Catholicism and the Labour Question Papal Magisterium and Social Catholicism Social Catholicism in Latin America Economic and Social Conditions in Peru Peruvian Catholic Thought and the Labour Question The Circles of Catholic Workers (ccw) The Case of the Circle of Catholic Workers of Arequipa (ccwa) 9 Ecclesiastical Indigenismo The Indigenista Debate Catholic Thought and the 'Indian Question' A Bishop, a Priest and a Layman The Rural Church Missionaries and Amazon Indians during the 'Caucho Era' Bishops and the Patronato de la Raza Indígena Conclusion Bibliography Manuscript Sources Newspaper Sources (Lima, unless Stated) Printed Primary Sources Printed Works Thesis, Dissertations, and Other Unpublished Works Index
