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

这项研究将集中在革命后墨西哥(1920-1940)的宗教和文化史背景下的一个重要和相关的主题--宗教和民族主义之间的关系。具体地说，这项研究将集中于革命性的尝试，即通过创建一个“墨西哥”天主教会，在宗教领域建立国家霸权。这个分裂的机构被称为墨西哥天主教和使徒教会(ICAM)，从积极的意义上说，它是墨西哥革命的主要宗教试验，在性质和意图上与同一时期制定的著名的反神职人员运动有很大不同。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支持，并确保大多数天主教徒对20世纪20年代及以后形成的革命后国家的忠诚。通过研究这场鲜为人知但意义重大的宗教运动的兴衰，研究旨在揭示墨西哥革命(1910-1940)的文化和宗教史，更具体地说，揭示革命后民族主义、国家建设、大众宗教和农民政治的特征。这项研究将导致以原创的单一作者专著的形式出版一本重要的新出版物。这项研究将提供墨西哥天主教会和使徒教会的第一部学术历史，并首次将大量有价值的档案信息公之于众，从而为知识做出贡献。

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.