The Church and Politics in Chile : : Challenges to Modern Catholicism / / Brian H. Smith.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Smith, Brian H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1982
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 602
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (400 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Tables --; Preface --; Part I. Ideological and Institutional Dynamics of the Roman Catholic Church --; Part II. The Church and Socioeconomic Reform --; Part III. Christian-Marxist Rapprochement --; Part IV. The Prophetic Role of the Church under Authoritarianism --; Selected Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400856978; 9783110413441; 9783110413519; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400856978
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Brian H. Smith.

Clarifying the growing role of the Latin American Catholic Church as an agent of social change, Brian H. Smith discusses the prophetic function of the Chilean Church during the country's metamorphosis from Conservative to Christian Democratic to Marxist to repressive military regime.Originally published in 1982.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.