January 31, 2013
Research Journal
Entry #1
The regions I find fascinating in Latin America are the islands in the Caribbean,
specifically Cuba. This country has been greatly influenced by other cultures such as
European Culture, African Culture, and the N
February 18, 2013
Religion in Latin America
Research Journal: Entry #2
I started off by going to the librarys website and clicking on JSTOR. Since women
violence was my second choice of topics I was most interested in, I researched Women in
Cuban religion
Umana,
May 10, 2013
Religion in Latin America
Final Research Paper
The Transition of the Cuban Catholic Church
Despite the immense expansion and influence of the Catholic Church in Latin American
society, the Cuban church has never been particularly stron
February 21, 2013
Religion in Latin America
Journal Entry #3
Kirk, John M. "The Church in Search of a Constituency, 1898-1959." Between God and
the party: religion and politics in revolutionary Cuba. Tampa: University of South Florida
Press, 1989. 32-52.
February 11, 2013
Basic searches with what she said in the library about techniques to find sources and
see if you find anything interesting using what Ana talked about like: OneSearch, etc.
o Using the topics and areas talked about in the last research j
February 22nd, 2013
Whats the difference between a primary source and a secondary source?
o Primary source was written by someone who was around for the event,
and a secondary source was written by someone who wasnt around for
the event, and has done the
February 25th, 2013
We talked about the lead up to the independence the last time
o One of the problems of independence as far as the Church was
concerned, the Church was so closely linked with the state (Spain) that
they had problems separating from it.
January 28th, 2012
Learn where the countries are in Latin America
Latin America was colonized by the Iberian powers of Europe, Spain and Portugal.
There were indigenous people in North and South America in the beginning of the
16th century.
o Some indigen
January 30th, 2012
On Fridays, we will spend half the time working with each other on the research
journals we do.
Use Wikipedia or other encyclopedias for the research journal due this Friday, for the
first question.
Put a time period on the second quest
February 1st, 2013
Quotes about mutuality on page 21 of Latin American Religions
o This is an important idea in religion.
o An example in Popol Vuh was the animals, and how there was no
mutuality. The Gods created the animals but were angry that they were
February 4th, 2013
Bartolom de las Casas
o Franciscan Friar
o He was the voice for the indigenous / slave rights
o Believed that conversion shouldnt be made through force.
o He had lots of enemies, including many Spaniards, colonizers, and his
fellow Fran
