Return to the cloister: the Capuchin nuns of Zamora in postrevolutionary Mexico (1934-1948)
This article reconstructs the process by which the common life was restored at the Capuchin Convent of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Zamora, Michoacan, between 1934 and 1948. Through this case study the article aims to illustrate the way in which the female contemplative life could be renewed and pra...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE AGUASCALIENTES |
| Repositorio: | Caleidoscopio |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.uaa.mx:article/537 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.uaa.mx/index.php/caleidoscopio/article/view/537 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | capuchins nuns contemplative life catholic church Zamora capuchinas religiosas vida contemplativa iglesia católica |
| Sumario: | This article reconstructs the process by which the common life was restored at the Capuchin Convent of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Zamora, Michoacan, between 1934 and 1948. Through this case study the article aims to illustrate the way in which the female contemplative life could be renewed and practiced in Mexican Bajio and in Mexico in general after the Revolution and its anticlerical persecution. It emphasizes the ability of the capuchins to take advantage of the religious reconciliation and tolerance that were opened through the informal compromises between Church and State in the 1930’s, and shows that the nuns took an active role as Catholics and women. Doing so, they contributed to the renewal of religious practice in postrevolutionary Mexico through the restoration of the closure. |
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