Politics of Religion and the Rise of Social Catholicism in Peru (1884-1935)

Ricardo D. Cubas Ramacciotti, (Ph.D., Cambridge, 2013) (Licentiate, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 1998) is Associate Professor of Latin American History at the Universidad de los Andes (Chile) and has published on various aspects of Latin American political and religious history.

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroductionAcademic Approach and Sources'Culture Wars' and Catholic RenewalCatholicism and Politics in Peruvianist HistoriographyStructurePart I. The Politics of Religion1 Church and State: Viceregal and Early Republican AntecedentsThe Catholic MonarchyEnlightened Absolutism and Religious ReformIndependence and Ecclesiastical CrisisThe Ultramontane ChurchRegalism and the Liberal Challenge2 The Secularisation Process during the Aristocratic Republic (1884–1919)The Republican PatronatoLegal Status of Religious InstitutesEcclesiastial Property and EconomyCivil Registry and the Sociedades de Beneficencia PúblicaCivil MarriageReligious Tolerance3 Leguía's Oncenio and the Politics of Religion (1919–1930)The Political Project of the Patria NuevaChurch-State Relations during the OncenioThe Militant Church4 Catholicism and the Emergence of Mass Politics in Peru (1930–1935)Radical Parties and the Sacralisation of PoliticsThe Unión PopularThe Church, Civil Turmoil and the Constitution of 1933Part II. The Catholic Revival5 Bishops and the Clergy6 Lay AssociationsThe Sociedad Católico-PeruanaThe Unión CatólicaThe First Catholic Peruvian Congress (1896)Female AssociationsNew Catholic Associations7 Catholicism and CulturePre and Post-Independence DeclineThe Rebirth of Catholic EducationThe Catholic University and the Intellectual RenewalThe Catholic PressPart III. Social Catholicism8 Catholicism and the Labour QuestionPapal Magisterium and Social Catholicism Social Catholicism in Latin AmericaEconomic and Social Conditions in PeruPeruvian Catholic Thought and the Labour QuestionThe Circles of Catholic Workers (ccw)The Case of the Circle of Catholic Workers of Arequipa (ccwa)9 Ecclesiastical IndigenismoThe Indigenista DebateCatholic Thought and the 'Indian Question'A Bishop, a Priest and a LaymanThe Rural ChurchMissionaries and Amazon Indians during the 'Caucho Era'Bishops and the Patronato de la Raza IndígenaConclusionBibliographyManuscript SourcesNewspaper Sources (Lima, unless Stated)Printed Primary SourcesPrinted WorksThesis, Dissertations, and Other Unpublished WorksIndex

"Ricardo Daniel Cubas Ramacciotti’s well-researched study (...) this specialized monograph establishes the Church’s indispensability to Peruvian identity as well as specific agenda items and ample bibliography for further research." - Ruth Chojnacki, De Paul University, in: The Catholic Historical Review 104:3 (2018)"(...) Cubas Ramacciotti presents a cogent analysis that elucidates new aspects of the processes of adjustment and “revival” experienced by Peruvian Catholicism during the reform of Church-state relations. Written in accessible language, The Politics of Religion and the Rise of Social Catholicism in Peru (1884-1935) promises to be compelling reading for students and graduate scholars interested in the study of secularization and the social history of the Catholic Church in Latin America." - Noah Oehri, University of Bern, in: Reading Religion, 17 September 2018"This well-researched monograph helps to fill gaps in historians’ understanding of the rise of liberation theology in Peru." - Cameron D. Jones, California Pylotechnic State University, in: The Americas 76, March 2019