Activist Faith : : Grassroots Women in Democratic Brazil and Chile / / Carol Ann Drogus, Hannah Stewart-Gambino.

";An extensive and powerful literature on religion, society, and politics in Latin America in recent years has begun with the assumption that most of the movements that surged in the struggle against military rule are dead, that most of the activists are scattered and burned out, and that the p...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
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Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]
©2005
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • LIST OF ACRONYMS
  • 1 Activism and Its Aftermath
  • 2 Understanding Invisibility: Perspectives on Social Movement Decline
  • 3 Resurrecting Civil Society: Christian Base Communities Under Military Rule
  • 4 Earthquake Versus Erosion: Church Retreat and Social Movement Decline
  • 5 Keeping the Faith: Empowerment and Activism in a New Era
  • 6 Catholics and Pentecostals: Possibilities for Alliance
  • 7 Activist Women and Women's Activists: Possibilities for Networking with Feminist Groups
  • 8 Legacies of Activism: Personal Empowerment, Movement Survival
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX