Women, religion, and social change in Brazil's popular church
By: Carol Ann Drogus.
Contributors: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies.
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Notre Dame, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
Subjects: Women in the Catholic Church -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century.; Basic Christian communities -- Brazil.; Liberation theology.; Brazil -- Church history -- 20th century.
Description: What happens when liberation theology's attempt to mobilize the Brazilian poor for political and social change meets the realities of church, community, and culture in this predominantly Catholic country? In Women, Religion, and Social Change in Brazil's Popular Church, Carol Ann Drogus assesses the successes and failures of the movement as she documents how religious personality and gender affect the way the urban poor on the eastern outskirts of Sao Paulo respond to the liberationist message.

All who are interested in Latin American studies, political science, sociology, anthropology, religion, and women's studies will gain much from Drogus's first-hand reports and careful analysis of the role of women, who are the majority participants in the Popular Church.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-222) and index.
"A title from the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies"--P. facing t.p.