Session 1: Religion and Politics, 1920-1970

November 22, 2019 | Religion remains central to life in Mexico and Mexican America. Religious understandings and goals inform and energize politics, community lives, gender relations, migration, and more. Yet there is no singular Mexican religion; rather, a universe of visions and understandings shape the changing communities of Mexico and Mexican America. The powerful and the populace, rural peoples and the growing numbers streaming into cities across greater North America live in worlds defined and at times contested by religious commitments.

This event engaged with diverse analysts to discuss religion in Mexico and Mexican America during decades of change—from the debates of the 1920s to the challenges of our times.

This event was co-sponsored by the Mexican Cultural Institute of Washington DC, Catholic University of America, and Georgetown University's Americas Initiative, Center for Latin American Studies, and its Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs.