TY - JOUR
T1 - Religious chicanery in Michoacan's emergent church
AU - Nesvig, Martin Austin
N1 - Funding Information:
I wish to thank a variety of individuals and benefactors. Funding in part for the research for this article was generously provided by the University of Miami through Max Orovitz Awards in the Humanities and by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, or conclusions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Portions of this article were delivered as conference papers or lectures in a variety of places: Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia (2004), Rocky Mountain Council of Latin American Studies Annual Meeting, Tucson (2005), 12th Congress of Mexican, United States, and Canadian Historians, Vancouver (2006), American Historical Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta (2007), and John Carter Brown Library Fellows Luncheon, Providence (2008). I am thankful for feedback from Paul Cohen, Susan Deeds, Luise Enkerlin, Raphael Folsom, Lyman Johnson, Asunción Lavrin, Nicolás León Alanís, Sonya Lipsett-Rivera, Matt O’Hara, Cynthia Radding, Terry Rugeley, Gerardo Sánchez Díaz, Barry Sell, Sam Truett, Paul Vanderwood, Javier Villa-Flores, Ken Ward, and Ted Widmer. I also wish to thank the two anonymous readers of the Colonial Latin American Review who provided valuable critiques, as well as the scrupulous attention to detail from Frederick Luciani. Any errors remain my own. All translations are mine unless otherwise indicated.
PY - 2008/12
Y1 - 2008/12
N2 - The study takes an old topic-Christianization, it focuses on the central region of Michoacán and examines the political context and discusses case studies elucidating the lack of catholic hegemony in the region. The study aimed to discuss the issue of impersonation of priests and inquisition officials in the broader context of religious politics. The shortage of resident priests and lack of centralized political control of the region, imposters were able to operate, often with tacit or active support from communities, whose result showed that, the Michoacán lacked a good deal of the formal physical apparatus as priests, of the church that was necessary to establish ideological hegemony, social order and ecclesiastical discipline. As a result rural people in Michoacán began to create their own churches, in their own image where they worshipped saints confessed with their lay peers, ridiculed the diocesan priests and openly defied the tithe.
AB - The study takes an old topic-Christianization, it focuses on the central region of Michoacán and examines the political context and discusses case studies elucidating the lack of catholic hegemony in the region. The study aimed to discuss the issue of impersonation of priests and inquisition officials in the broader context of religious politics. The shortage of resident priests and lack of centralized political control of the region, imposters were able to operate, often with tacit or active support from communities, whose result showed that, the Michoacán lacked a good deal of the formal physical apparatus as priests, of the church that was necessary to establish ideological hegemony, social order and ecclesiastical discipline. As a result rural people in Michoacán began to create their own churches, in their own image where they worshipped saints confessed with their lay peers, ridiculed the diocesan priests and openly defied the tithe.
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U2 - 10.1080/10609160802393849
DO - 10.1080/10609160802393849
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:57549094200
VL - 17
SP - 213
EP - 232
JO - Colonial Latin American Review
JF - Colonial Latin American Review
SN - 1060-9164
IS - 2
ER -