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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816182003321

Titolo

Religious pluralism, democracy, and the Catholic Church in Latin America [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Frances Hagopian

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2009

ISBN

0-268-08161-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xxviii, 498 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

HagopianFrances

Disciplina

282/.8090511

Soggetti

Religious pluralism - Latin America

Democracy - Latin America

Religious pluralism - Catholic Church

Democracy - Religious aspects - Catholic Church

Latin America Church history Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Recent titles from the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies"--P. facing t.p.

Based on a conference held Mar. 31-Apr. 1, 2005 at the University of Notre Dame.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : the new landscape / Frances Hagopian -- Cultural change, religion, subjective well-being, and democracy in Latin America / Ronald Inglehart -- Cultural change in Mexico at the turn of the century : the secularization of women's identity and the erosion of the authority of the Catholic Church / Soledad Loaeza -- Education and increasing religious pluralism in Latin America : the case of Chile / Cristian Parker Gumucio -- With or without the people : the Catholic Church and land-related conflicts in Brazil and Chile / Patricia M. Rodriguez -- The changing face of religion in the democratization of Mexico : the case of Catholicism / Roberto J. Blancarte -- Social justice, moral values, or institutional interests? Church responses to the democratic challenge in Latin Ameirca / Frances Hagopian -- Life, liberty, and family values : church and state in the struggle over Latin America's social agenda / Mala Htun -- Religion and public spaces : Catholicism and civil society in Peru / Catalina Romero -- Pluralism as challenge and opportunity / Daniel H. Levine -- The Cathoilc Church in a plural Latin America : toward a new research agenda / Frances



Hagopian.

Sommario/riassunto

The essays in this volume assess the ways in which the Catholic Church in Latin America is dealing with these political, religious, and social changes.