How Latin America saved the soul of the Catholic Church
By: Edward L. Cleary
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780809146291
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the transformation of Latin American Christianity; title: Religious history and the Latin American tradition; title: Successfully bringing millions of laypersons into service in the church; title: Offering a marketplace for spiritual well-being; title: Embracing diversity : encounters with non-Christian religions; title: Emphasizing the poor and vulnerable; title: Transforming theology from hyperintellectualism to concerns of the people and the care of the earth; title: Emphasizing evangelization and empowering 1.2 million lay catechists; title: Choosing human rights and dying for them; title: Peace-keeping and mediating; title: Sending missionaries with a message of solidarity.