Methodism in Mexico: its transition from Porfirian modernity to post-revolutionary times, 1873-1954

Abstract

During the colony, Catholicism was imposed as the official religion; however, there were minorities that practiced other dogmas in a hidden way, and they remained so until the beginning of the 19th century, because as a consequence of the Independence, the Protestant practice became public. Mexican society did not always accept this religion, since they saw it as something characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon identity, but they had a great influence in spite of being a minority. The objective is to give a general idea of the presence of Methodism in Mexico, since its arrival and the activities carried out by both divisions of the Methodist Episcopal Church.