Institutionalization and Evangelization in the Argentine Church
Córdoba Under Zenón Bustos, 1905-1919
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8871749 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arthur R Liebscher (Santa Clara University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 363-381 |
| Publication date | 1989-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Americas A Quarterly Review of Latin American History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1615 • E-ISSN: 1533-6247 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1007227 |
| OpenAlex | W2323478116 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
To the dismay of today's social progressives, the Argentine Catholic church addresses the moral situation of its people but also shies away from specific political positions or other hint of secular involvement. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the church set out to secure its place in national leadership by strengthening religious institutions and withdrawing clergy from politics. The church struggled to overcome a heritage of organizational weakness in order to promote evangelization, that is, to extend its spiritual influence within Argentina. The bishop of the central city of Córdoba, Franciscan Friar Zenón Bustos y Ferreyra (1905-1925), reinforced pastoral care, catechesis, and education. After 1912, as politics became more heated, Bustos insisted that priests abstain from partisan activities and dedicate themselves to ministry. The church casts itself in the role of national guardian, not of the government, but of the faith and morals of the people
Catechesis · Christian ministry · Faith · Government (linguistics · Institutionalisation · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Theology · Law · Philosophy · Public Administration · Religion and Society in Latin America · Religious and Theological Studies · Religious studies · Religious Studies
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |