Churches and politics in Latin America / edited by Daniel H. Levine ; pref. by John P. Harrison.

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TextLanguage: English Series: Sage focus editions ; 14Publication details: Beverly Hills : Sage Publications, c1980.Description: 288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:

0803912994 (pbk.)
9780803912991 (pbk.)
0803912986
9780803912984

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DDC classification:

322/.1/098

LOC classification:

BR 600 C562 1980

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Contents:

Religion and politics, politics and religion : an introduction / Daniel H. Levine From Medellín to Puebla : notes for reflection / Renato Poblete What happened at Puebla / Phillip Berryman Latin American evangelicals : Oaxtepec and beyond / T.S. Montgomery The Christian left in Latin American politics / Michael Dodson The church and the doctrine of national security / Robert Calvo Churches and human rights in Latin America : recent trends on the subcontinent / Brian H. Smith Women religious, the poor, and the institutional church in Chile / Katherine Anne Gilfeather Basic Christian communities in Latin America : their nature and significance (especially in Brazil) / Thomas C. Bruneau Salvation through Christ or Marx : religion in revolutionary Cuba / Margaret E. Crahan Ten years of change in the church : Puebla and the future / Alexander W. Wilde

Summary: The contributors to this volume -- scholars and clergy from both North and South America -- describe the complex relationship between religion and state in Latin America. They discuss the intense self-examination by Latin American Christians, the development of new theologies, new religions and social practices, and a heightened sensitivity to social problems

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	BR 600 C562 1980 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000036106

Bibliography: pages 281-286.

Religion and politics, politics and religion : an introduction / Daniel H. Levine
From Medellín to Puebla : notes for reflection / Renato Poblete
What happened at Puebla / Phillip Berryman
Latin American evangelicals : Oaxtepec and beyond / T.S. Montgomery
The Christian left in Latin American politics / Michael Dodson
The church and the doctrine of national security / Robert Calvo
Churches and human rights in Latin America : recent trends on the subcontinent / Brian H. Smith
Women religious, the poor, and the institutional church in Chile / Katherine Anne Gilfeather
Basic Christian communities in Latin America : their nature and significance (especially in Brazil) / Thomas C. Bruneau
Salvation through Christ or Marx : religion in revolutionary Cuba / Margaret E. Crahan
Ten years of change in the church : Puebla and the future / Alexander W. Wilde

The contributors to this volume -- scholars and clergy from both North and South America -- describe the complex relationship between religion and state in Latin America. They discuss the intense self-examination by Latin American Christians, the development of new theologies, new religions and social practices, and a heightened sensitivity to social problems

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