Organized Religion in the Political Transformation of Latin America

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

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This book discusses how the competitive environment of Latin America's social life has facilitated religious innovation in different regional and national settings. Pattnayak argues that organized religion has responded admirably to change and competition and will survive well in the period of increasing democratization of Latin America. In addition, the author shows how religious change that focuses on community organization, mobilization, and education of the citizenry carries wider legitimacy than ordinary political strategies. Readers of this book will benefit from its wide coverage of the Catholic and the Protestant churches and its definitive statements about the political capability of religious communities. An excellent text for students in courses on religion and politics, social change, social movements, and state-society relations. University libraries, persons interested in church-state relations in Latin America, churches and parishes that have branches in Latin America, and professors and scholars of history, sociology, anthropology, political science, and religious studies will all benefit from this concise and definitive look at religion and politics in Latin America.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1995-10-03
Mått137 x 216 x 19 mm
Vikt336 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor252
FörlagUniversity Press of America
ISBN9780761800408

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Chapter 1 Social Change, Political Competition, and Religious Innovation in Latin America: An IntroductionChapter 2 Religious Change, Empowerment and Power: Reflections on Latin American ExperienceChapter 3 The Transformation of Catholic Social Thought in Latin America: Christian Democracy, Liberation Theology, and the New Catholic RightChapter 4 The Chilean Church and the Transition to DemocracyChapter 5 From Theologies of Liberation to Theologies of Inculturation: Aymara Catechists and the Second Evangelization in Highlands BoliviaChapter 6 Religious Competition in Contemporary VenezuelaChapter 7 Brazil: State Subsidization and the Church Since 1930Chapter 8 Latin American Politics: Exit the Catholic Church?Chapter 9 The Embeddedness of Religion and Politics: An EpilogueChapter 10 Appendix: The Institutional Capacity of the Catholic Church: An Evaluation; Select BibliographyChapter 11 ContributorsChapter 12 Index

The present volume serves as a useful corrective to the flood of impressionistic works and reflects the increasing maturation of the field...it provides a solid basis for understanding the actual role of religion, and particularly the Catholic Church,in contemporary Latin America...[the book] provides not only a realistic view of the role of religion in contemporary Latin America, but also a healthy critique of much of the literature in the field.