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In the Name of Christ: Towards A History of Religious Violence in Twentieth-Century Mexico
Wann 08.11.2021
von 15:00 bis 16:00
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In the Name of Christ: Towards A History of Religious Violence in Twentieth-Century Mexico

In this talk, I will explore the political and cultural drivers that contributed to shaping Catholics’ understanding of violence as a legitimate means to defend their religious practices and beliefs in twentieth-century Mexico. In particular, I will focus on the 1930s, a decade marked by the end of the Cristero War (1927-1929) - Mexico’s armed conflict over the religious question - and the so-called détente between the Mexican state and the Catholic Church. Despite the Church’s official rejection of the use of violence amongst the faithful, during this period Catholics continued to engage in belligerent and violent forms of religious militancy in the name of Christ and religious freedom. This, I argue, reflects the weight that non-canonical and popular understandings of martyrdom, sacrifice, and redemptive violence, had in Catholics’ exercise of religion during this and consecutive decades. Catholics’ aggressive defense of religious symbols and places, together with their attacks against individuals perceived as “polluting” or “impious,” further show that moral and symbolic considerations were deeply intertwined with uncompromising political ideologies and long-term intra-community conflicts.  


CORONA WARNSTUFE: 

Die Veranstaltung ist als Präsenzveranstaltung unter Einhaltung der 3G-Regeln und der Vorgaben der Corona-Verordnung der Universität geplant. Aktuell gilt in Baden-Württemberg die Warnstufe. Teilnehmende müssen entweder vollständig geimpft, getestet (PCR-Test nicht älter als 48h) oder genesen sein (Stand 03.11.21). Diese Vorgaben können sich je nach aktueller Lage ändern
(https://uni-freiburg.de/universitaet/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/CoronaVO.pdf)