Latin American religion in motion / edited by Christian Smith and Joshua Prokopy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smith, Christian, 1960-

Prokopy, Joshua.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin America--Religion.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines some of the more important new analyses and discoveries about religious movements in Latin America.

Contents:

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; RELIGIOUS ECONOMIES; SUBCULTURAL IDENTITY THEORY; PLURALIZATION AND THE CATHOLIC RESPONSE; NON-CHRISTIAN PLURALIZATION; TRANSFORMATION WITHIN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH; REFERENCES; ONE THE STRUGGLE TO BE SOUL PROVIDER; PROTESTANTISM: A THREAT TO CATHOLICISM?; CATHOLIC RESPONSES TO PROTESTANTISM; CATHOLIC RESPONSE I: SEEKING PROTECTION AND SUBSIDIZATION; CATHOLIC RESPONSE II: INSTITUTIONAL REFORM AND THE "NEW EVANGELIZATION"; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; TWO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CHILE

THE COMPLEXITY OF THE CHURCH'S ROLE IN POLITICS MANOEUVRES IN THE MOMENT OF TRANSITION; THE CHURCH AND DEMOCRATIC POLITICS:; THE CHURCH CONFRONTS SEX EDUCATION; THE CHURCH CONFRONTS DIVORCE; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; REFERENCES; THREE CATHOLIC ACTIVISM IN THE 1990's; FINDING THE PROGRESSIVE CHURCH IN THE 1990's: THREE CASES; GRASSROOTS CATHOLIC ACTIVISM IN THE 1990's; TRANSFORMATIONS IN CATHOLIC ACTIVISM: IMPULSES FROM WITHIN; WHITHER THE ACTIVIST CHURCH?; SOCIAL MOVEMENT THEORY

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-96293-6

1-135-96294-4

1-280-05878-1

0-203-01012-4

9780203010129

OCLC:

232358368