Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Excavating the Borderlands
1. An American Catholic Borderlands: The Spanish Past in the United States
2. The Devil Is Having a Great Time: The U.S. Catholic Civilizing Mission in Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Mexico
3. Religious Monroeism: U.S. Catholic Influence and Intervention in Mexico
4. An American Catholic Diplomacy: Expanding Catholic Borderlands
5. Crisis in the Catholic Borderlands: The International Eucharistic Congress and the Cristero Rebellion
6. Preaching Mestizaje: Catholicism and Race in the Catholic Borderlands
Conclusion: Religion in the Borderlands
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Anne M. Martínez is in the Department of American Studies at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.

Reviews

"Anne M. Martinez's narrative encompasses the interrelation between various forces in motion: the Mexican Revolution and church-state tensions, activism of Mexican Catholics and government agents, initiatives of Bishop Francis Kelley and other U.S. Catholic leaders, responses of U.S. political officials, and intervention by the Vatican. Such a broad international approach sets Catholic Borderlands apart from previous studies and generates the book's compelling analysis." - Timothy Matovina, author of Latino Catholicism: Transformation in America's Largest Church "Catholic Borderlands explores U.S. Catholic intellectuals' response to the Mexican Revolution and its anticlerical campaigns through the career of Father Francis C. Kelley. By documenting the many problems and contradictions of [Kelley's] campaign for greater U.S. intervention in Mexican affairs, Anne Martinez is able to chart the success (and failure) of religion as a motivator in foreign policy while questioning the degree to which that religion transcends national boundaries and cultures... Martinez spins a captivating and important tale." - Terry Rugeley, author of Rebellion Now and Forever: Mayas, Hispanics, and Caste War Violence in Yucatan, 1800-1880