“Al César lo qué es del César y a Dios lo que es de Dios.” Política y religión en la coyuntura de las guerras de independencia. Perú, 1808-1825

This work, based on the conceptual analysis and systematic reflection of the press, seeks to alert the relationship between political and religious power at the juncture of the wars of independence in the Peru. In that regard, the proliferation of newspapers, sermons and political forms in that cont...

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Main Author: Daniel Morán
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains 2012-03-01
Series:Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/62864
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Summary:This work, based on the conceptual analysis and systematic reflection of the press, seeks to alert the relationship between political and religious power at the juncture of the wars of independence in the Peru. In that regard, the proliferation of newspapers, sermons and political forms in that context led to politicization of the population, the ideological debate and mutations in the political vocabulary. This meant to warn the complex relationship of power of religion and politics on the stage of the military struggle between the royalist and revolutionary forces. For this reason, in the theatre of war and revolution, the study of key concepts such as God, Providence, the Lord of hosts, the Christian enlightenment and the same concept of religion, they demonstrate the use of these terms as means of legitimacy of power and authority, this is monarchist, reformist or revolutionary.
ISSN:1626-0252