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Secret dialogues : church-state relations, torture, and social justice in authoritarian Brazil
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Serbin, Kenneth P., Author.
- Series:
- University of Pittsburgh Digital Collections
- University of Pittsburgh Press Digital Editions
- Pitt Latin American series.
- Pitt Latin American series Secret dialogues
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church and state--History--Catholic Church--20th century--Brazil.
- Church and state.
- Church and state--History--20th century.
- Brazil.
- Brazil--Politics and government--1964-1985.
- Comissão Bipartite.
- Catholic Church.
- Catholic Church--Political activity--Brazil--History--20th century.
- Comissão Bipartite--History.
- Genre:
- History
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (335 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] University of Pittsburgh Press 2000
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Secret Dialogues uncovers an unexpected development in modern Latin American history: the existence of secret talks between generals and Roman Catholic bishops at the height of Brazil's military dictatorship. During the brutal term of Emílio Garrastazú Medici, the Catholic Church became famous for its progressivism. However, new archival sources demonstrate that the church also sought to retain its privileges and influence by exploring a potential alliance with the military. From 1970 to 1974 the secret Bipartite Commission worked to resolve church-state conflict and to define the boundary be.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The Church and the Army : modernization and the dual revolution
- The making of a devout golpista
- Prelude to the Bipartite : dialogue, torture, and diplomacy, 1968-1970
- Dialogue in the shadows : the creation and function of the Bipartite
- Social justice or subversion?
- The cotton between the crystals
- The struggle against human rights abuses and censorship
- Death in Barra Mansa : the admission and punishment of torture
- Anatomy of a death : the case of Alexandre Vannucchi Leme
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-293) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780822972129
- 0822972123
- OCLC:
- 1443721713
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