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050 00 $aBT83.57$b.L69 1996
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100 1 $aLöwy, Michael,$d1938-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50043500
245 14 $aThe war of gods :$breligion and politics in Latin America /$cMichael Löwy.
260 $aNew York :$bVerso,$c1996.
263 $a9607
300 $a163 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $g1.$tReligion and Politics: Revisiting Marx and Weber.$tMarxism and Religion: Opium of the People?$tCatholic Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism: The Unwritten Chapter in Max Weber's Sociology of Religion --$g2.$tLiberationist Christianity in Latin America.$tLiberation Theology and Liberationist Christianity.$tModernity and the Critique of Modernity in Liberation Theology.$tLiberation Theology and Marxism --$g3.$tPolitics and Religion in Latin America: Three Examples.$tThe Brazilian Church and Politics.$tChristianity and the Origins of Insurgency in Central America.$tLiberationist and Conservative Protestantism.$tConclusion: Is Liberation Theology Finished?
520 $aThe War of Gods traces the intimate relationship between religion, politics and social issues in Latin America over the last three decades, as liberation theology has reinterpreted the vocation of the Catholic Church and as Protestantism has made inroads on traditional Catholic strongholds.
520 8 $aIn the 1960s liberation theology addressed itself to the problems of a continent racked by poverty and oppression. Comprising a network of localized communities and pastoral organizations, it soon became something much more than a doctrinal current. Liberationist Christianity defined itself in a multitude of social struggles, particularly in Brazil and Central America.
520 8 $aMany of the most momentous events in the continent's recent history - the Nicaraguan revolution, the development of the PT (Workers' Party) in Brazil, the tortuous ascent of President Aristide in Haiti and the uprising in Chiapas - have borne witness to the influence of a distinctive liberationist Christianity. Michael Lowy proposes here a new interpretation - inspired by the sociology of culture - both of liberation theology and of the rival religious projects in Latin America.
650 0 $aLiberation theology.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076447
650 0 $aChurch and state$zLatin America.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009119571
650 0 $aChurch and social problems$zLatin America.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008100747
650 0 $aReligion and politics$zLatin America.
852 00 $bglx$hBT83.57$i.L69 1996