Religious Pluralism, Democracy, and the Catholic Church in Latin America

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abortion church-state struggle over policy, 249, 298–99table7.7, 339–52, 358–61, 434, 447–48 as justifiable —Catholic views on, by country, 26table1.8, 286, 287table7.4 —response of ten countries, 287table7.4, 349–51, 349table8.1 laity-hierarchy divisions on church policy, 24–25, 25table1.7, 235–36, 286, 288 Acción Católica Mexicana (ACM, Mexican Catholic Action), 108, 247 Acción Democrática (AD, Democratic Action, Venezuela), 282 Acción Popular (Popular Action, Peru), 389 ACI Prensa (ACI Press), 381–82, 399n23 ACM (Acción Católica Mexicana) (Mexican Catholic Action), 108, 247 AD (Acción Democrática) (Democratic Action, Venezuela), 282 agnostics, 145table4.5, 146table4.6, 166table4.15 Alemán, Miguel, 105–6 Alianza (Alliance of Radicals and FREPASO), 294 Alianza Cívica (Civic Alliance, Mexico), 248 Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana (APRA, American Popular Revolutionary Alliance, Peru), 295 Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (ARENA, Nationalist Republican Alliance, El Salvador), 292 ANCIFEM (Asociación Nacional Cívica Femenina) (National Women’s Civic Association, Mexico), 124 Andean Pastoral Institute (Instituto de Pastoral Andina), 391 animadores Cristianos (Christian animators), 379–80 anticlericalism, 238–39, 243 alternatives to, 154 the church’s ability to respond to, 3, 23, 450 legislating, 98 legislation of, in Mexico, 99, 104, 122, 230–31, 233, 238–39, 243, 245–46, 274, 317 antireligiosity, 243 472 Index Index | 473 Aparecida conference. See Fifth General Meeting of Latin American Bishops, Aparecida, Brazil (2007) apostolic vicariate, defined, 397n5 APRA (Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana) (American Popular Revolutionary Alliance, Peru), 295 ARENA (Alianza Republicana Nacionalista ) (Nationalist Republican Alliance, El Salvador), 292 Argentina. See also Latin America abortion in, 307, 344–46, 349table8.1, 350 the church in —capacity to mobilize the faithful, 278table7.2, 282–85, 285fig7.2 —pastoral agents relationship, 189 —from proactive to defensive moralism, 258, 305–7 —support for authoritarian regimes, 258, 270 church-state struggle over policy, 3, 298–99table7.7 religious membership and civic/ political participation in, 277, 278table7.2, 279, 280–81table7.3, 282–85 same-sexmarriage/civilunionsin,348 secularization of, 305 sex education in, 3 Arredondo, Inés, 105–6 asceticism, 136 Asia, levels of democracy in, 90–91, 91fig2.5 Asociación Nacional Cívica Femenina (ANCIFEM, National Women’s Civic Association, Mexico), 124 Ataucusi, Ezequiel, 374 atheists/nonbelievers. See also religious identity, non-affiliated Chilean youth, 137–45, 138table4.1, 142table4.3 confidence in priests and the church, 145table4.5, 146table4.6 education factor in beliefs, 139table4.2, 141–44, 149table4.8, 166table4.15 gender and socioeconomic factors, 139table4.2, 148 population statistics, Latin America, 2 authoritarian regimes. See also churchstate relations; specific administrations; specific countries civic organizations, effect on and response to, 270–73 death statistics, 269, 270 martyrs to the faith under, 270 survival/self-expression values under, 70, 89 threats to the moral agenda of the church, 295–97, 298table7.7 authoritarian regimes, responses of the church church membership, effect on, 271–75 divergence in, 269–75 to human rights violations, 196 strategic options, given constraints —defensive moralism, 266–67, 300, 305–7, 310–11 —evangelizing leadership, 267, 302, 316–20 —moderate pluralism, 267, 302, 311–16 —predicting responses of the episcopate, 300–302, 301fig7.4 —proactive moralism, 267, 300, 305–7 theoretical framework for divergence in —ideational paradigm, 46–48 —institutionalist paradigm, 40–42, 258–59 —religious competition, level of, 43–45 —religious economy paradigm, 43–46 474 | Index autonomy, 82, 87, 88–89table2.3, 117 Ávila Camacho, Manuel, and administration, 107, 273 Aylwin, Patricio, 203, 208 Bachelet, Michelle, and administration, 296, 311 Baker, Wayne, 70, 76 Balduino, Thomás, 201, 222n40 Baseotto, Antonio, 305, 345 Batlle Ibáñez, Jorge Luis, 356 believers, without church/religion Chilean youth, 137–45, 373table9.1 confidence in priests and the church, 145table4.5, 146table4.6 education factor in, 142table4.3, 143, 166table4.15 gender and socioeconomic factors, 148 gender and socioeconomic levels, 138table4.1, 140 Bellomo, Roque, 348 Benedict XVI, 360, 434, 436, 456 Berger, Peter, 14–15 Berger, Suzanne, 23 birth control. See also condoms, use and distribution of; moral agenda of the church; reproductive rights church-state struggle over policy, 298–99table7.7, 310 emergency contraceptives, 251–52, 296, 298–99table7.7, 310, 318 episcopate positional statement, 122 laity-hierarchy divisions on church policy, 251–52, 286 use by women in Mexico, 113–16, 115fig3.3–3.4, 121, 234 Bohn Sinesio, 194 Bolivia, 8. See also Latin America Bolsa Familia (Family Stipend), 5 Brazil...