La ciudad de los monos Roberto Brenes Mesén, los católicos heredianos y el conflicto cultural de 1907 en Costa Rica

• Main Author: Molina Jiménez, Iván (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Heredia Editorial Universidad Nacional (EUNA) 2002
• Subjects: 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Social & cultural history; Heredia (Costa Rica) - History - 1907; Catholic Church - Heredia (Costa Rica); Brenes Mesén, Roberto, 1874-1947
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In 1907, the city of Heredia became the epicenter of the most important religious conflict experienced by Costa Rica in the 20th century. A complaint that the theory of evolution was being taught in the Lyceum (i.e. secondary school) of that city, triggered an increasingly intense confrontation betw...