Political pluralization and the declining scope of religious authority in Argentina’s 1960s: the case of Cristianismo y Revolución
The transformation of global Catholicism during the Second Vatican Council affected the Argentinean Church. Argentinean Catholics became involved in different sides of the political discussion. While some supported a dictatorial regime, others thought the end of the dictatorship and a fair society c...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2018 |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Institution: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repository: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/88803 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/88803 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | AUTHORITY CATHOLICISM GUERRILLAS LATIN AMERICA MARXISM SECULARIZATION https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.4 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.3 |
| Summary: | The transformation of global Catholicism during the Second Vatican Council affected the Argentinean Church. Argentinean Catholics became involved in different sides of the political discussion. While some supported a dictatorial regime, others thought the end of the dictatorship and a fair society could only be achieved through a revolution. In that context, we explore Mark Chavez’s idea of secularization as the decline of religious authority. The magazine Cristianismo y Revolución (CyR) is a case which allows us to see this process displayed. Different Catholic actors, independently of the Church’s structure, claimed Catholic beliefs to support opposing political positions. However, religion remains an important element of the public sphere in contemporary Argentina. |
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