In this Book
- Local Church, Global Church: Catholic Activism in Latin America from Rerum Novarum to Vatican II
- Book
- 2016
- Published by: The Catholic University of America Press
summary
This important volume investigates the many forms of Catholic activism in Latin America between the 1890s and 1962 (from the publication of the papal encyclical Rerum Novarum to the years just prior to the Second Vatican Council). It argues that this period saw a variety of lay and clerical responses to the social changes wrought by industrialization, political upheavals and mass movements, and increasing secularization. Spurred by these local developments as well as by initiatives from the Vatican, and galvanized by national projects of secular state-building, Catholic activists across Latin America developed new ways of organizing in order to effect social and political change within their communities.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Part 1: Catholic Social Encyclicals Across Borders
- 2. Catholic Vanguards in Brazil
- pp. 21-50
- Part II: Martyrdom and Catholic Renewal in the Mexican Revolution
- Part III: Fighting for the Soul of the University
- Part IV: Development or Liberation?
- Bibliography
- pp. 311-338
- Contributors
- pp. 339-340
- Index, Colophon
- pp. 341-354
Additional Information
ISBN
9780813227924
Related ISBN(s)
9780813227917
MARC Record
OCLC
938563882
Launched on MUSE
2016-02-15
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2016