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Going against the government's characterisations of these youngsters as mere religious fanatics, Weis also demonstrates that these Catholic militants were wilful political actors who sought to bring the kingdom of Christ to Mexico and to restore the nation's Catholic foundations. 978 1 108 49302 4 In I For Christ and country i , the historian Robert Weis examines the history of a new generation of young, middle-class and urban Catholic militants who came to regard violence as a legitimate, necessary and redemptive means to fight against an "impious" and "tyrannical" state. Weis is at his best when he discusses how the religious militancy of these young Catholics intertwined with gendered, racialised and class constructs. [Extracted from the article]