Popular Voices in Latin American Catholicism / Daniel H. Levine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levine, Daniel H., author.

Series:

Studies in church and state.

Studies in Church and State ; 187

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Venezuela--History--20th century.

Catholic Church.

Catholic Church--Colombia--History--20th century.

Venezuela--Church history.

Venezuela.

Colombia--Church history.

Colombia.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (428 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Throughout Latin America, observers and activists have found in religion a promise of deep and long-lasting democratization. But for religion to change culture and politics, religion itself must change. Such change is not only a matter of doctrine, ritual, or institutional arrangements but also arises out of the needs, values, and ideas of average believers. Combining rich interviews and community studies in Venezuela and Colombia with analysis of broad ideological and institutional transformations, Daniel Levine examines how religious and cultural change begins and what gives it substance and lasting impact. The author focuses on the creation of self-confident popular groups among hitherto isolated and dispirited individuals. Once silent voices come to light as peasants and urban barrio dwellers reflect on their upbringing and community, on poverty and opportunity, on faith, prayer, and the Bible, and on institutions like state, school, and church. Levine also interviews priests, sisters, and pastoral agents and explains how their efforts shape the links between popular groups and the larger society. The result is a clear understanding of how relations among social and cultural levels are maintained and transformed, how programs are implemented, why they succeed or fail, and how change appears both to elites and to ordinary people.Originally published in 1992.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

FIGURES

TABLES

FOREWORD

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

NOTE ON THE INTERVIEWS

PART I: ISSUES AND CONTEXTS

ONE Popular Voices

TWO. Liberation Theology, Base Communities, and the Pattern of Change Latin America

THREE. Colombia and Venezuela: Nations, Churches, and Programs

FOUR. Colombia and Venezuela: Dioceses, Villages, and Barrios

PART II: ACTORS AND EXPERIENCES

FIVE. Being Religious, Reading the Bible, Becoming Church

SIX. Popular Needs and Popular Ideals

SEVEN. Priests, Sisters, and Pastoral Agents

EIGHT. Selected Life Histories

PART III: THEORETICAL AND COMPARATIVE REFLECTIONS

NINE. Linking Everyday Life with Big Structures

TEN. The Future of Popular Voices

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-395) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780691637099

0691637091

9781400862610

1400862612

OCLC:

884012923