Atheism and disbelief in San José city (Costa Rica) at the beginning of the XX century. A preliminary approximation.

This article analyzes to what extent atheism and disbelief were extended among the people from different occupations in the city of San José (Costa Rica) at the beginning of the twentieth century. This process was part of the expansion of popular literacy and the efforts of the liberal and radical i...

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Autor: Jiménez, Iván Molina
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2004
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Repositorio:Estudos Ibero-Americanos
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/1315
Acceso en línea:https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/iberoamericana/article/view/1315
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Atheism
Disbelief
Catholic religion
Costa Rica
Ateísmo
Descreimiento
Religión católica
Descrença
Religião católica
Costa
Descripción
Sumario:This article analyzes to what extent atheism and disbelief were extended among the people from different occupations in the city of San José (Costa Rica) at the beginning of the twentieth century. This process was part of the expansion of popular literacy and the efforts of the liberal and radical intellectuals to secularize education, which was highly opposed by the Catholic Church.