Rendering unto Caesar

Name: Rendering unto Caesar
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The Catholic Church and the State in Latin America

Автор: Anthony Gill

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Корици: С меки корици

Издател: The University of Chicago Press

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Nowhere has the relationship between state and church been more volatile in recent decades than in L...

Информация за книгата

Автор

Anthony Gill

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С меки корици

Издадена

1998

страници

284

EAN

9780226293851

ISBN

0226293858

Enbook ID

04545150

Издател

The University of Chicago Press

Теглоt

462

Размери

153 x 231 x 26

Пълно описание

Nowhere has the relationship between state and church been more volatile in recent decades than in Latin America. This book explains why Catholic leaders in some countries came to oppose dictatorial rule and, equally important, why many did not. Using historical and statistical evidence from 12 countries, Gill for the first time uncovers the causal connection between religious competition and the rise of progressive Catholicism. In places where evangelical Protestantism and "spiritist" sects made inroads among poor Catholics, Church leaders championed the rights of the poor and turned against authoritarian regimes to retain parishioners. Where competition was minimal, bishops maintained good relations with military rulers. Applying economic reasoning to an entirely new setting, the book offers a theory of religious competition that dramatically revises our understanding of church-state relations.

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