Looking for God in Brazil: The Progressive Catholic Church in Urban Brazil's Religious Arena - Couverture souple

Burdick, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0520205030 ISBN 13 : 9780520205031

Editeur : University of California Press, 1996

Synopsis

For a generation, the Catholic Church in Brazil has enjoyed international renown as one of the most progressive social forces in Latin America. The Church's creation of Christian Base Communities (CEBs), groups of Catholics who learn to read the Bible as a call for social justice, has been widely hailed. Still, in recent years it has become increasingly clear that the CEBs are lagging far behind the explosive growth of Brazil's two other major national religious movements-Pentacostalism and Afro-Brazilian Umbanda.

On the basis of his extensive fieldwork in Rio di Janeiro, including detailed life histories of women, blacks, youths, and the marginal poor, John Burdick offers the first in-depth explanation of why the radical Catholic Church is losing, and Pentecostalism and Umbanda winning, the battle for souls in urban Brazil.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

John Burdick is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Syracuse University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of California Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0520205030
• ISBN 13: 9780520205031
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 296
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• Personne responsable: non disponible