Popular Voices in Latin American Catholicism / / Daniel H. Levine.

Throughout Latin America, observers and activists have found in religion a promise of deep and long-lasting democratization. But for religion to change culture and politics, religion itself must change. Such change is not only a matter of doctrine, ritual, or institutional arrangements but also aris...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
VerfasserIn:
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1992
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Studies in Church and State ; 187
Online Access:
Physical Description:1 online resource (428 p.)
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FIGURES
  • TABLES
  • FOREWORD
  • PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • NOTE ON THE INTERVIEWS
  • PART I: ISSUES AND CONTEXTS
  • ONE Popular Voices
  • TWO. Liberation Theology, Base Communities, and the Pattern of Change Latin America
  • THREE. Colombia and Venezuela: Nations, Churches, and Programs
  • FOUR. Colombia and Venezuela: Dioceses, Villages, and Barrios
  • PART II: ACTORS AND EXPERIENCES
  • FIVE. Being Religious, Reading the Bible, Becoming Church
  • SIX. Popular Needs and Popular Ideals
  • SEVEN. Priests, Sisters, and Pastoral Agents
  • EIGHT. Selected Life Histories
  • PART III: THEORETICAL AND COMPARATIVE REFLECTIONS
  • NINE. Linking Everyday Life with Big Structures
  • TEN. The Future of Popular Voices
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • Index