The Church at the Grassroots in Latin America
Subtitle: Perspectives on Thirty Years of Activism
Contributors: John Burdick (Editor); W. E. Hewitt (Editor)
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: June 30, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780275966591
Subjects: Christian social thought & activity; Cultural studies; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Sociology, Social Studies; Contemporary Politics - Latin America; Roman Catholic Church; Religion; Religion - Catholicism; Sociology; Latin America; Anthropology - General; Christianity - Catholic; Christianity - Catholicism; Comparative Religion; Religion / Comparative Religion; Political; Sociology - General; 20th century; Catholic Church; Christianity and politics; History; Liberation theology
First sentence: Religiously motivated protest participation in politics has been said to be one of the noteworthy changes that have resulted from the development of a progressive element in the Catholic churches of Latin America in the past three decades (Mainwaring and Wilde, 1989: 2-3).