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The history of the Catholic Church in Latin America : from conquest to revolution and beyond /

"One cannot understand Latin America without understanding the history of the Catholic Church in the region. Catholicism has been predominant in Latin America and it has played a definitive role in its development. It helped to spur the conquest of the New World with its emphasis on missions to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schwaller, John Frederick (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, ©2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Religious origins of Catholicism in Latin America
  • Spain and Portugal in the New World
  • Conquest, spiritual and otherwise
  • The colonial church
  • Reform and enlightenment
  • The church and clergy at independence
  • Working out the differences
  • The established order and the threat of popular religion
  • Revolution and reform
  • The mid-twentieth-century church
  • The decline of liberation theology.