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Martyrdom and the politics of religion : progressive Catholicism in El Salvador's civil war / Anna L. Peterson.
Van Pelt Library BX1446.2 .P47 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peterson, Anna Lisa, 1963-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catholic Church--El Salvador--History--20th century.
- Catholic Church.
- Martyrdom.
- Church history.
- History.
- El Salvador--Politics and government--1979-1992.
- El Salvador.
- Politics and government.
- El Salvador--Church history--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 211 pages : map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [1997]
- Summary:
- Martyrdom and the Politics of Religion explores the ways that Salvadoran Catholics sought to make sense of political violence in their country in the 1970s and 1980s by constructing a theological ethics that could both explain repression in religious terms and propose specific responses to violence. Drawing on extensive fieldwork, the book highlights the ways that progressive Catholicism offered a justification and tools for political resistance in the face of extraordinary destruction.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-206) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0791431819
- 0791431827
- OCLC:
- 34150172
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