The church and politics in chile : challenges to modern catholicism /

Clarifying the growing role of the Latin American Catholic Church as an agent of social change, Brian H. Smith discusses the prophetic function of the Chilean Church during the country's metamorphosis from Conservative to Christian Democratic to Marxist to repressive military regime.Originally...

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Main Authors: Smith, Brian H.
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Published: Princeton University Press,
Publisher Address: Princeton, N.J. :
Publication Dates: [1982]
©1982
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781400856978
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Summary: Clarifying the growing role of the Latin American Catholic Church as an agent of social change, Brian H. Smith discusses the prophetic function of the Chilean Church during the country's metamorphosis from Conservative to Christian Democratic to Marxist to repressive military regime.Originally published in 1982.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (386 pages) : illustrations
ISBN: 9781400856978
Index Number: BX1468
CLC: B979.784
Contents: Frontmatter --
Contents --
Tables --
Preface --
Part I. Ideological and Institutional Dynamics of the Roman Catholic Church --
Part II. The Church and Socioeconomic Reform --
Part III. Christian-Marxist Rapprochement --
Part IV. The Prophetic Role of the Church under Authoritarianism --
Selected Bibliography --
Index.