The church at the grassroots in Latin America
Subtitle: perspectives on thirty years of activism
By: edited by John Burdick and W.E. Hewitt
Contributors: Burdick, John, 1959-; Hewitt, W. E. 1954-
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Latin America -- History -- 20th century; Christianity and politics -- Catholic Church -- History -- 20th century; Liberation theology -- Latin America -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Religion, political preferences, and protest action in Central America: Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala / Andrew J. Stein; title: The progressive Catholic church and the refashioning of hegemony in Mexico: an illustration from Tetelcingo / Patricia Musante; title: Progressive Catholicism and left-wing party politics in Brazil / José Ivo Follmann; title: The evolution of a progressive Catholic project: the case of the black pastoral in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil / John Burdick; title: Liberation theology and the liberation of women in Santo Antônio, Brazil / Carol Ann Drogus; title: From option for the poor to evangelization of culture: silent conflicts and comings-of-age / Dave Dixon; title: "Pelo Direito de Ser Igreja": the struggle of the Morro da Conceição / Robin Nagle; title: Managua's Christian base communities in the transition from revolutionary to post-revolutionary Nicaragua, 1989-1991 / Eric Canin; title: CEBs in crisis: leadership structures in the Sâo Paulo area / Charmain Levy; title: Socioeconomic change and leadership in the Catholic church in Azuay, Ecuador / Samuel M. Richards