Fathers of Revolution; Mexico's Schismatic Catholic Church 1925 - 1940

研究将集中在一个重要的和相关的主题-宗教和民族主义之间的关系-在墨西哥革命后（1920-1940）的宗教和文化史的背景下。具体来说，研究将集中在通过创建“墨西哥”天主教会在宗教领域内建立国家霸权的革命性尝试。被称为墨西哥天主教和使徒教会（ICAM），这个分裂的机构是墨西哥革命在积极意义上的主要宗教实验，在性质和意图上明显不同于同一时期制定的著名的反教权运动。相比之下，分裂是一种更具创造性的尝试，通过调和宗教和革命价值观，为政权提供意识形态上的支持，并以这种方式确保多数天主教徒对20世纪20年代及以后形成的后革命国家的忠诚。通过研究这个鲜为人知但意义重大的宗教运动的兴衰，本研究旨在揭示墨西哥革命（1910-1940）的文化和宗教历史，更具体地说，阐明革命后民族主义、国家建设、大众宗教和农民政治的特征。这项研究将以原创的单作者专著的形式出版一份重要的新出版物。这项研究将通过提供墨西哥天主教和使徒教会的第一个学术历史，并首次将大量有价值的档案信息带入公共领域，从而对知识作出贡献。

The research will focus on an important and relevant topic- the relationship between religion and nationalism - in the context of the religious and cultural history of post-revolutionary Mexico (1920-1940). Specifically, the research will focus on revolutionary attempts to establish state hegemony within the religious sphere through the creation of a 'Mexican' Catholic Church. Known as the Mexican Catholic and Apostolic Church (ICAM), this schismatic institution was the Mexican Revolution's main religious experiment in a positive sense, and differed significantly in character and intent from the well­ known anticlerical campaigns enacted during the same period. The schism, by contrast, was a more creative attempt to lend ideological support to the regime by reconciling religious and revolutionary values, and in such a way as to ensure the loyalty of the majority Catholic population to the post-revolutionary state which took shape during the 1920s and beyond.By studying the rise and fall of this little-known but significant religious movement, the research aims to shed new light on the cultural and religious history of the Mexican Revolution (1910-1940) and, more particularly, to illuminate the character of post-revolutionary nationalism, state-building, popular religion, and peasant politics. The research will lead to a major new publication in the form of an original single-author monograph. The research will make a contribution to knowledge by providing the first scholarly history of the Mexican Catholic and Apostolic Church and by bringing a significant amount of valuable archival information into the public domain for the first time.