Miguel Pro

Marisol López-Menéndez is professor in social and political sciences at Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City.

Lopez-Menendez masterfully constructs the Pro-as-martyr narrative.... Perhaps the most notable strength of this scholarly work is the contextualization the author establishes in the debate about the martyrdom of Father Pro.... Lopez-Menendez’s Miguel Pro is an engagingly written, carefully researched, and impressively diverse examination of the making of a martyr. It makes a major contribution to the fields of religious studies, sociology, and Mexican history and politics in the twentieth century. It will surely be established as a significant synthetic text and find its way into many scholarly libraries.

• IntroductionChapter One: The Social Identities of a MartyrChapter Two: The Priestly MartyrdomChapter Three: Martyrdom, Nationalism, and National BelongingChapter Four: Law and MartyrdomChapter Five: The Clash of Corporate BodiesChapter Six: The Gesture and the BodyChapter Seven: Longing MartyrdomConclusion