Basic ecclesial communities in Brazil
Subtitle: the challenge of a new way of being church
By: Marcello Azevedo ; translated by John Drury.
Series: Studies in ethics
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng; por
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century.; Basic Christian communities -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century.; Brazil -- Church history.
Description: Represents a major contribution to the understanding of the Catholic Church in the Third World. The focus is Brazil, but the issues touch the Church universally, providing it with a new and, to date, inadequately understood ecclesiological and missiological model. The author brings to this task not only his considerable skills as a social scientist and theologian, but also his many years of varied experience as a principal actor in the Brazilian Church, not only as a Jesuit provincial superior, but also as President and Executive Director of the nationwide Conference of Religious of Brazil. His book thus combines both theory and praxis.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [269]-294.
Translation of: Comunidades eclesiais de base e inculturação da fé.
Includes index.