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The Roman Catholic Church in Latin America faces significant and unprecedented challenges. Most prominent among them are secularization, globalizing cultural trends, intensifying religious competition, and pluralism of many kinds within what were once hegemonic Catholic societies. The substantial and original essays in this volume assess the ways in which the Catholic Church in Latin America is dealing with these political, religious, and social changes. Most importantly, they explore how democracy has changed the Catholic Church and, in turn, how religious changes have influenced democratic politics in Latin America.

Drawing on the experiences of several countries to illustrate broad themes and explain divergent religious responses to common challenges, the contributors advance the notion that the Catholic Church's effectiveness in the public sphere and even its long-term viability as a religious institution depend on the nature and extent of the relationship between the hierarchy and the faithful. The essays address the context of pluralist challenges, the ideational, institutional, and policy responses of the Catholic hierarchy, and the nature of both religious beliefs and democratic values at the individual level in Latin America today.

Contributors: Frances Hagopian, Ronald Inglehart, Soledad Loaeza, Cristián Parker Gumucio, Patricia M. Rodríguez, Roberto J. Blancarte, Mala Htun, Catalina Romero, and Daniel H. Levine.

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  1. Cover
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  1. TItle Page, Copyright, Dedication
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. viii-x
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  1. List of Figures
  2. pp. xi-xii
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  1. List of Tables
  2. pp. xiv-xvi
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  1. List of Acronyms
  2. pp. xvii-xxi
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  1. Preface and Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xxiii-xxviii
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  1. 1 Introduction The New Landscape
  2. pp. 1-64
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  1. Part I Pluralist Challenges to the Contemporary Catholic Church in Latin America: Institutions and Beliefs in a Context of Religious and Social Change
  2. p. 65
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  1. 2 Cultural Change, Religion, Subjective Well-Being, and Democracy in Latin America
  2. pp. 67-95
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  1. 3 Cultural Change in Mexico atthe Turn of the Century The Secularization of Women’s Identity and the Erosion of the Authority of the Catholic Church
  2. pp. 127-161
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  1. 4 Education and Increasing Religious Pluralism in Latin America
  2. pp. 131-182
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  1. Part II Church Responses to Democratic and Religious Pluralism
  2. p. 183
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  1. 5 With or Without the People The Catholic Church and Land-Related Conflicts in Brazil and Chile
  2. pp. 185-224
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  1. 6 The Changing Face of Religion in the Democratization of Mexico
  2. pp. 226-256
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  1. 7 Social Justice, Moral Values, or Institutional Interests? Church Responses to the Democratic Challenge in Latin America
  2. pp. 257-332
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  1. Part III The Church, Public Policy, and Democracy
  2. p. 333
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  1. 8 Life, Liberty, and Family Values Church and State in the Struggle over Latin America’s Social Agenda
  2. pp. 335-364
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  1. 9 Religion and Public Spaces Catholicism and Civil Society in Peru
  2. pp. 396-402
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  1. Part IV Conclusions: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
  2. p. 403
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  1. 10 Pluralism as Challenge and Opportunity
  2. pp. 405-428
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  1. 11 The Catholic Church ina Plural Latin America Toward a New Research Agenda
  2. pp. 429-466
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  1. About the Contributors
  2. pp. 467-471
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  1. Index
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