title: The limits of Catholic science and the Mexican revolution.
abstract: This article examines the church's embrace of scientific methodologies in the late nineteenth century. It is argued that in general, the shift worked to repel liberal ridicule and control popular devotions. However, in Mexico the effects were mixed. During the Mexican Revolution, a desperate church was forced to apply these new scientific methodologies to increasingly unauthorized cults.
authors.affiliation: Department of History, Michigan State University, United States.
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Van Oosterhout
authors.forename: Benjamin T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D002410:Catholicism / Q000266:history*; D029221:Faith Healing / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico; D011057:Politics; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012070:Religion and Science; D012922:Social Change; D012923:Social Class