CARLOS ALBERTO TORRES is an Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California at Los Angeles. Widely published in Spanish, Portuguese, and English, he is the author of The Politics of Nonformal Education in Latin America (Praeger, 1990) and (with D. Morales-Gomez) The State, Corporatist Politics, and Educational Policy Making in Mexico (Praeger, 1990).RICHARD A. YOUNG is a Professor of Spanish in the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Alberta. He has published widely in Spanish and English on Latin American literature.

• Preface The Critique of Religion in Marx Religion as a Primitive Phenomenon: Emile Durkheim Religion, Economic Rationality, and Civilization: Max Weber's Theses Religion as Historical Bloc: The Perspective of Antonio Gramsci Religion and Disciplinary Order: On Social Reproduction The Popular Church and the Process of Conscientization: Reflections on Possibilities and Contradictions Internal Tendencies of the Catholic Church: Typologies and Extrapolations Hypothesis for a Theoretical Framework for Religion and Churches in Latin America The Catholic Church in Argentina Bibliography Index

CARLOS ALBERTO TORRES is an Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California at Los Angeles. Widely published in Spanish, Portuguese, and English, he is the author of The Politics of Nonformal Education in Latin America (Praeger, 1990) and (with D. Morales-Gomez) The State, Corporatist Politics, and Educational Policy Making in Mexico (Praeger, 1990).RICHARD A. YOUNG is a Professor of Spanish in the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Alberta. He has published widely in Spanish and English on Latin American literature.

• Preface The Critique of Religion in Marx Religion as a Primitive Phenomenon: Emile Durkheim Religion, Economic Rationality, and Civilization: Max Weber's Theses Religion as Historical Bloc: The Perspective of Antonio Gramsci Religion and Disciplinary Order: On Social Reproduction The Popular Church and the Process of Conscientization: Reflections on Possibilities and Contradictions Internal Tendencies of the Catholic Church: Typologies and Extrapolations Hypothesis for a Theoretical Framework for Religion and Churches in Latin America The Catholic Church in Argentina Bibliography Index

CARLOS ALBERTO TORRES is an Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California at Los Angeles. Widely published in Spanish, Portuguese, and English, he is the author of The Politics of Nonformal Education in Latin America (Praeger, 1990) and (with D. Morales-Gomez) The State, Corporatist Politics, and Educational Policy Making in Mexico (Praeger, 1990).RICHARD A. YOUNG is a Professor of Spanish in the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Alberta. He has published widely in Spanish and English on Latin American literature.

• Preface The Critique of Religion in Marx Religion as a Primitive Phenomenon: Emile Durkheim Religion, Economic Rationality, and Civilization: Max Weber's Theses Religion as Historical Bloc: The Perspective of Antonio Gramsci Religion and Disciplinary Order: On Social Reproduction The Popular Church and the Process of Conscientization: Reflections on Possibilities and Contradictions Internal Tendencies of the Catholic Church: Typologies and Extrapolations Hypothesis for a Theoretical Framework for Religion and Churches in Latin America The Catholic Church in Argentina Bibliography Index