Liberationist Christianity in Argentina (1930-1983) : faith and revolution / Pablo Bradbury.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bradbury, Pablo, author.

Series:

Colección Támesis. Monografías ; Serie A, 401.

Colección Támesis. Serie A: Monografías ; 401

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberation theology--Argentina--History--20th century.

Liberation theology.

Argentina--Politics and government--20th century.

Argentina.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 255 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Woodbridge : Tamesis Books, 2023.

Summary:

Understanding the movement to be dynamic and highly diverse, this book reveals that ecclesial and political conflicts, especially over Peronism and celibacy, were at the heart of the construction of a liberationist Christian identity, which simultaneously internalised deep tensions over its relationship to the Catholic Church. It first situates the rise of a revolutionary Christian impulse in Argentina within changes in society, in Catholicism and Protestantism and in Marxism in the 1930s, before analysing how the phenomenon coalesced in the late sixties into a coherent social movement. Finally, the book examines the responses of liberationist Christians to the intense period of repression under the presidency of Isabel Perón and the rule of the military junta between 1974 and 1983. -- Summary from book.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (233-247) and index.

ISBN:

1855663635

9781855663633

OCLC:

1345220898