So, my bestest friend in the whole world is currently living in Rome, studying at the Vatican archives while working toward his Ph. D. in History from Oxford. I was chatting over IM with him, and he sent me a little snippet of what he was writing for his presentation in April.
In contradiction to the normative definition of nationalism as a primarily secular, de-sacralized replacement of local, traditional, and religious identifications, these Latin American Catholics drew their civic and political affiliations from marian religious traditions such as the Virgin of Guadalupe in Mexico, the Virgin of Carmen in Chile. Moreover, newer christocentric models of devotion brought into focus the Vatican’s increasing opnennes to engage the modern world. In the first two decades of the twentieth century, the femininized late-nineteenth century Sacred Heart Jesus grew into the manish Christ the King, reconquering society through the organization of an army of active Catholics.
Wow. I know someone that can make me want to fall asleep faster than the history books I read in college. I love him. He’s also one funny bastard.
Cheers to you Standes.
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