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Religion and political conflict in Latin America / edited by Daniel H. Levine.
Van Pelt Library BX1426.2 .R44 1986
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LIBRA BX1426.2 .R44 1986
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catholic Church--Latin America--History--20th century.
- Catholic Church.
- Latin America.
- History.
- Latin America--Politics and government--1948-1980.
- Politics and government.
- Latin America--Church history.
- Church history.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 266 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1986]
- Summary:
- Religion and Political Conflict in Latin America examines popular religion as a vital source of new values and experiences as well as a source of pressure for change in the church, political life, and the social order as a whole. The authors present case studies that deal with the issues of poverty and roles for the poor within the structures of religion and politics.
- Exploring areas from Nicaragua and El Salvador to Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, and Chile, the authors also reevaluate the growth and impact of grass-roots church organizations among peasants and popular urban classes. They show that the emerging organizations' often controversial political projections are changing the commonly accepted legitimations of power and leadership, conventional models of group organizations, and commitments to action. They explain why these groups have become such central arenas for conflict in both the religion and the politics of contemporary Latin America.
- Contents:
- 1 Religion, the Poor, and Politics in Latin America Today / Daniel H. Levine 3
- 2 Ambivalence and Assumption in the Concept of Popular Religion / Thomas A. Kselman 24
- 3 Latin America's Religious Populists / Charles A. Reilly 42
- 4 El Salvador: From Evangelization to Insurrection / Phillip Berryman 58
- 5 Nicaragua: The Struggle for the Church / Michael Dodson 79
- 6 Brazil: The Catholic Church and Basic Christian Communities / Thomas C. Bruneau 106
- 7 Brazil: The Catholic Church and the Popular Movement in Nova Iguacu, 1974-1985 / Scott Mainwaring 124
- 8 Chile: Deepening the Allegiance of Working-Class Sectors to the Church in the 1970s / Brian H. Smith 156
- 9 Colombia: The Institutional Church and the Popular / Daniel H. Levine 187
- 10 Bolivia: Continuity and Conflict in Religious Discourse / Susan Rosales Nelson 218
- 11 Conflict and Renewal / Daniel H. Levine 236.
- Notes:
- Chiefly papers presented at a conference held in March 1982 at the Belmont Conference Center in Elkridge, Md.
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 257-260.
- ISBN:
- 0807816892
- 0807841501
- OCLC:
- 12722907
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