CONECTARSE CON DIOS EN LA FRONTERA. IMPRESOS CATÓLICOS Y SOCIEDAD: LA EXPERIENCIA DEL MAGDALENA DURANTE LOS GOBIERNOS LIBERALES RADICALES DEL SIGLO XIX

Abstract

The text gives account of the role assigned to printed by the Catholic hierarchy on the Magdalena during the second half of the nineteenth century in the midst of a political context adverse to their interests and marked by the attempt to build a liberal social order. It is proposed that the use of newspapers, booklets, brochures and flyers by the Catholic clergy strengthened the links between them and the congregation, increasing its presence in the political and social. Then these forms had a decisive role surpassed by its use as an instrument of war. Instead they formed one of the forms of political participation, space became an ideological discussion strengthened the presence of the church in society and promoted various initiatives that resulted in further consolidation of the ecclesiastical institution. Through spread these ideas, governments faced radical but also called for more priests and more parishes, more presence in the management of education, better churches and better pastoral care. Therefore, the Catholic Church endorsed modern forms of advertising with the subsequent introduction of it in civil society.