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

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schwaller, John Frederick (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Catholic Church > Latin America > History.
Catholic Church > History.
Église catholique > Histoire.
Catholic Church
RELIGION > Christianity > Catholic.
Latin America > Church history.
Amérique latine > Histoire religieuse.
Latin America
Church history
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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