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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455034903321

Autore

Sabia Debra <1957->

Titolo

Contradiction and Conflict [[electronic resource] ] : The Popular Church in Nicaragua / / Debra Sabia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1997

ISBN

0-8173-8757-9

0-585-21162-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Disciplina

282/.7285/09048

Soggetti

Socialism and Christianity - Nicaragua - History - 20th century

Socialism and Christianity - Catholic Church - History - 20th century

Basic Christian communities - Nicaragua - History

Electronic books.

Nicaragua Politics and government 1990-

Nicaragua Politics and government 1979-1990

Nicaragua Church history 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-230) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The Second Vatican Council; 3. The Rise of the Popular Church; 4. Radicalization of the Popular Church; 5. Shattering of the Christian Coalition; 6. The Marxist Type; 7. The Revolutionary Christian Type; 8. The Reformist Christian Type; 9. The Alienated Christian Type; 10. The Future of the Popular Church; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Contradiction and Conflict explores the rich history, ideology, and development of the popular church in Nicaragua. From careful assessments within the context of Nicaragua's revolutionary period (1970s-1990), this book explains the historical conditions that worked to unify members of the Christian faith and the subsequent factors that fragmented the Christian community into at least four identifiable groups with religious and political differences, contradictions, and conflicts.Debra Sabia describes and analyzes the rise, growth, and fragmentation of the popular chu