I Need Help (and Not Just Psychologically)

[IcePrincessKRS]

You may not find a single book that focuses on this one topic, but you should find plenty of books and articles that have at least a chapter or references to it. I worked in the library all throughout college (in the inter-library loan dept. no less) and believe me, if you seek it you will find it. Librarians are there to help, if you're stuck, ASK SOMEONE. They are trained and paid to know how to look this stuff up.

[Amory]

I'd recommend a university library over a public library.

[qfnol31]

[quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1338823224' post='2440575']Wikipedia is the most credible source man has ever known
[/quote]This statement better be facetious. I will never accept Wikipedia as a valid source for my students.

[fides' Jack]

[quote name='qfnol31' timestamp='1338832319' post='2440649']
This statement better be facetious. I will never accept Wikipedia as a valid source for my students.
[/quote]

Most teachers would agree with you, and perhaps rightly so.

It's good to remember that the problem with wikipedia isn't that the information there is inaccurate, it's that for all but the most controversial topics, anybody can contribute, which means that the [i]potential[/i] for errors is greater. Given that, I think the management there has done an absolutely magnificent job of keeping the information as true, up-to-date, and impartial as they have.

While teachers won't accept it as a valid resource, it remains the greatest* encyclopedic resource the world has ever seen. Perhaps not the most credible, but no resource is [i]entirely[/i] credible.

Edit: * greatest in the sense that it is the most available (costs nothing, don't have to run to the library, even shows up on 1st page of google for ya), it is arguably the most complete, and it has some of most stringent rules for information accuracy and impartiality that I know about. Seriously, I don't even know who writes other encyclopedias, which is [i][b]exactly [/b][/i]my point.

Edited June 4, 2012 by fides' Jack

[qfnol31]

I meant my comments as someone who uses Wikipedia on an almost daily basis and who takes the time to edit some of the material myself.

You're right though, that they have strict control of the content and even the presentation, which is good.

Normally for a topic like a theological topic, it's best to find a relevant, recent encyclopedia done by experts in the relevant field.

[PhuturePriest]

[quote name='qfnol31' timestamp='1338832319' post='2440649']
This statement better be facetious. I will never accept Wikipedia as a valid source for my students.
[/quote]

I'd recommend reading it in context: "...and though Wikipedia is the most credible source man has ever known..." I was being completely sarcastic. I didn't know you were a teacher, though. Very razzle dazzle.

[qfnol31]

[quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1338834053' post='2440669']


I'd recommend reading it in context: "...and though Wikipedia is the most credible source man has ever known..." I was being completely sarcastic. I didn't know you were a teacher, though. Very razzle dazzle.
[/quote]I figured you probably were, but I know some college students who pass it off as a good, scholarly source.

[PhuturePriest]

[quote name='qfnol31' timestamp='1338834311' post='2440673']
I figured you probably were, but I know some college students who pass it off as a good, scholarly source.
[/quote]

I wouldn't simply because anybody can edit the pages. I've edited them myself when I saw a few spammers had been on them and I didn't even have an account!

[i<3franciscans]

Well, I did not read through all of the rambling, but I studied that war this year and the religious were not allowed to wear their habits. If I remember correctly they would be killed if caught in habits. I am just answering the simple question, but you still need a book so you have a reference. Good luck!

[PhuturePriest]

[quote name='i<3franciscans' timestamp='1338841718' post='2440763']
Well, I did not read through all of the rambling, but I studied that war this year and the religious were not allowed to wear their habits. If I remember correctly they would be killed if caught in habits. I am just answering the simple question, but you still need a book so you have a reference. Good luck!
[/quote]

Thanks!

[eagle_eye222001]

[size=4]So I found some books on the Cristero War on Amazon. Some deal with it indirectly, and some may not be available, but this at least shows that there are several books out there that do exist....and I would imagine one of these has the answer to the question you originally asked.[/size]

[size=4]I'm not suggesting you buy all of these, but I'm just showing that several books do cover the Cristero War (and this is from sola Amazon). I know you've probably decided to just stretch wikipedia to it's max.......but here is a list of books for future reference.[/size]


Personally I would search various library's online to try to find them, but I know depending on where you live, this may not be feasible.


[b] [size=4][url="http://www.amazon.com/The-Cristero-Rebellion-1926-1929-Cambridge/dp/0521102057/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1338942016&sr=1-2"]The Cristero Rebellion: The Mexican People Between Church and State 1926-1929 (Cambridge Latin American Studies) [Paperback][/url][/size][/b]



[b] [size=4][url="http://www.amazon.com/The-Holy-War-Los-Altos/dp/0816507791/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1338942016&sr=1-3"]The Holy War in Los Altos: A Regional Analysis of Mexico's Cristero Rebellion[Hardcover][/url][/size][/b]



[b] [size=4][url="http://www.amazon.com/Viva-Cristo-Rey-Rebellion-Church-State/dp/0292739648/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1338942016&sr=1-4"]Viva Cristo Rey!: The Cristero Rebellion and the Church-State Conflict in Mexico[Paperback][/url][/size][/b]



[b] [size=4][url="http://www.amazon.com/In-The-Shadow-Angel-Critical/dp/1467932566/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1338942016&sr=1-5"]In The Shadow of the Angel: Three Critical Decades in Mexico's History [Paperback][/url][/size][/b]



[b] [size=4][url="http://www.amazon.com/Setting-Virgin-Fire-Redemption-Revolution/dp/0520084195/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1338942016&sr=1-6"]Setting the Virgin on Fire: Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán Peasants and the Redemption of the Mexican Revolution [Paperback][/url][/size][/b]



[b] [size=4][url="http://www.amazon.com/Mexican-Martyrdom-Rev-Wilfrid-Parsons/dp/0895553309/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1338942016&sr=1-8"]Mexican Martyrdom [Paperback][/url][/size][/b]



[b] [size=4][url="http://www.amazon.com/Mexican-Martyrdom-Rev-Wilfrid-Parsons/dp/0895553309/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1338942016&sr=1-8"]Blessed Miguel Pro: 20th Century Mexican Martyr [Paperback][/url][/size][/b]

Edited June 6, 2012 by eagle_eye222001