Büschges, Christian; Müller, Andrea; Oehri, Noah (eds.) (2021). Liberation Theology and the Others: Contextualizing Catholic Activism in 20th Century Latin America. Lanham: Lexington
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)Looking beyond prominent figures or major ecclesial events, Liberation Theology and the Others offers a fresh historical perspective on Latin American liberation theology. Thirteen case studies, from Mexico to Uruguay, depict a vivid picture of religious and lay activism that shaped the profile of the Latin American Catholic Church in the second half of the 20th century. Stressing the transnational character of Catholic activism and its intersections with prevalent discourses of citizenship, ethnicity or development, scholars from Latin America, the US, and Europe, analyze how pastoral renewal was debated and embraced in multiple local and culturally diverse contexts. Contributors explore the connections between Latin American liberation theology and anthropology in Peru, armed revolutionaries in highland Guatemala, and the implementation of neoliberalism in Bolivia. They identify conceptions of the popular church, indigenous religiosity, women’s leadership, and student activism circulated among Latin American religious and lay activists between the 1960s and the 1980s. By revisiting the multifaceted and oftentimes contingent nature of church reforms, this edited volume provides fascinating new insights into one of the most controversial religious movements of the 20th century.
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Book (Edited Volume) |
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Division/Institute: |
06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of History > Institute of History, Iberian and Latin American History 06 Faculty of Humanities > Other Institutions > Walter Benjamin Kolleg (WBKolleg) 06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of History 06 Faculty of Humanities > Other Institutions > Walter Benjamin Kolleg (WBKolleg) > Center for Global Studies (CGS) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Büschges, Christian, Müller, Andrea Heidy |
Subjects: |
900 History > 980 History of South America 900 History > 970 History of North America |
ISBN: |
978-1-7936-3363-7 |
Publisher: |
Lexington |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Christian Büschges |
Date Deposited: |
19 Jul 2021 13:33 |
Last Modified: |
19 Jul 2023 15:33 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Liberation Theology, Social Movements, Ethnicity, Class, Religion, Church |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/155408 |
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