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The church and politics in Chile : challenges to modern Catholicism / Brian H. Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Brian H., 1940- author.
- Series:
- Princeton Legacy Library
- Princeton Legacy Library ; 602
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church and state--Chile--History--20th century.
- Church and state.
- Chile--Politics and government--1920-1970.
- Chile.
- Chile--Politics and government--1970-1973.
- Chile--Politics and government--1973-1988.
- Catholic Church--Chile--History--20th century.
- Catholic Church.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (398 p.)
- Edition:
- Course Book
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1982]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Clarifying the growing role of the Latin American Catholic Church as an agent of social change, Brian H. Smith discusses the prophetic function of the Chilean Church during the country's metamorphosis from Conservative to Christian Democratic to Marxist to repressive military regime.Originally published in 1982.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
- Tables
- Preface
- Part I. Ideological and Institutional Dynamics of the Roman Catholic Church
- Part II. The Church and Socioeconomic Reform
- Part III. Christian-Marxist Rapprochement
- Part IV. The Prophetic Role of the Church under Authoritarianism
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- Description based on print version record.
- Revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Yale University, 1979.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-691-64206-0
- 1-4008-5697-3
- OCLC:
- 922706732
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