Between Religion and Politics

The Military Clergy during the Late Twentieth-Century Dictatorships in Argentina and Chile

Bibliographic Data

ID4018653
AuthorsRuderer (0000-0003-4352-5264, corresponding author), Stephan Ruderer
Year2015
Volume47
Issue3
Pages463-489
Publication date2015-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Latin American Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-216X • E-ISSN: 1469-767X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022216x15000012
OpenAlexW2169082387
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited15

This article analyses the history of the military clergy and contrasts its role in the Argentine and Chilean dictatorships on the basis of new, previously inaccessible sources. It is argued here that, in addition to its ideological orientation, two further factors explain differences in the influence of the military clergy on the two regimes: first, the structural position that the Military Vicariates occupied between the Church and the armed forces, and, second, the two dictatorships' different needs for legitimisation. The analysis provides information relevant to understanding the public role of the Catholic Church and the dimensions of violence during the regimes

Dictatorship · Economics · Ideology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Position (finance) · Sociology · Historical Studies in Latin America · Law · Religion and Society in Latin America · Religion and Society Interactions

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