Religious pluralism, democracy, and the Catholic Church in Latin America / edited by Frances Hagopian.

• Author: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies.
• TeilnehmendeR: Hagopian, Frances.; Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xxviii, 498 p. :; ill.
• Notes: "Recent titles from the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies"--P. facing t.p.; Based on a conference held Mar. 31-Apr. 1, 2005 at the University of Notre Dame.

Table of Contents

• Introduction : the new landscape / Frances Hagopian
• Cultural change, religion, subjective well-being, and democracy in Latin America / Ronald Inglehart
• Cultural change in Mexico at the turn of the century : the secularization of women's identity and the erosion of the authority of the Catholic Church / Soledad Loaeza
• Education and increasing religious pluralism in Latin America : the case of Chile / Cristian Parker Gumucio
• With or without the people : the Catholic Church and land-related conflicts in Brazil and Chile / Patricia M. Rodriguez
• The changing face of religion in the democratization of Mexico : the case of Catholicism / Roberto J. Blancarte
• Social justice, moral values, or institutional interests? Church responses to the democratic challenge in Latin Ameirca / Frances Hagopian
• Life, liberty, and family values : church and state in the struggle over Latin America's social agenda / Mala Htun
• Religion and public spaces : Catholicism and civil society in Peru / Catalina Romero
• Pluralism as challenge and opportunity / Daniel H. Levine
• The Cathoilc Church in a plural Latin America : toward a new research agenda / Frances Hagopian.