Nueva Jerusalén: a 38 años de una aparición mariana apocalíptica

The paper presents from a historical and ethnographical perspective the process of social change in Nueva Jerusalén, Michoacán, an apocalyptic community in southwestern Mexico which was entirely founded based on a prophetical apparition of Virgin Mary (María del Rosario), fully made up of converse i...

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Main Author: Juan Carlos Dozal Varela
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains 2012-11-01
Series:Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/64287
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description The paper presents from a historical and ethnographical perspective the process of social change in Nueva Jerusalén, Michoacán, an apocalyptic community in southwestern Mexico which was entirely founded based on a prophetical apparition of Virgin Mary (María del Rosario), fully made up of converse immigrants. The author observes two political aspects in the emergence and development of the community: its antagonistic relationship towards modernity in the Catholic Church and the world, on one hand, and on the other, the configuration of its leaderships and the expressions of conflict inwards of the cult.
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spellingShingle Juan Carlos Dozal Varela
Nueva Jerusalén: a 38 años de una aparición mariana apocalíptica
Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos
Mexico
Traditionalist Catholicism
prophetism
routinization of charisma
millennarianism
political issues
title Nueva Jerusalén: a 38 años de una aparición mariana apocalíptica
title_full Nueva Jerusalén: a 38 años de una aparición mariana apocalíptica
title_fullStr Nueva Jerusalén: a 38 años de una aparición mariana apocalíptica
title_full_unstemmed Nueva Jerusalén: a 38 años de una aparición mariana apocalíptica
title_short Nueva Jerusalén: a 38 años de una aparición mariana apocalíptica
title_sort nueva jerusalen a 38 anos de una aparicion mariana apocaliptica
topic Mexico
Traditionalist Catholicism
prophetism
routinization of charisma
millennarianism
political issues
url https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/64287
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