Religion, Society, and Culture in Colombia Antioquia and Medell}}n 1850-1930 [Hardcover]

This is the first detailed scholarly study of culture and sociability in Colombia during the period c. 1850 and 1930. Patricia Londo?o-Vega gives a vivid picture of some of the factors that reduced social distances in the province of Antioquia during this period of relative harmony and prosperity. She examines hundreds of the groups and voluntary associations which flourished at this time and which brought a growing number of Antioque?os of different social backgrounds together around religious practices and societies, the exercising of charity, a concern for education, and the pursuit of cultural progress.

Introduction
PrologueAntioquia and its People
Part 1The Catholic Church
1. Una Republica de curas: Church and Politics
2. Towards a Greater Presence of the Church
3. Proliferation of Devotional Associations
4. Religiosity in Daily Life
5. A Plethora of Charity Societies
Part 2Education and Culture as Factors of Cohesion
6. Evolution and Achievements in Education
7. New Cultural Societies
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Londono-Vega's detailed and persuasive history of the chuch and education in a major contribution to our understandingof the profound impact of organized religion not only in Colombia but in all of nineteenth-century Latin America and Europe. --The Journal of Interdisciplinary History