The Brazilian popular church and the crisis of modernity / Manuel A. V�asquez.

By:

V�asquez, Manuel A

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Cambridge studies in ideology and religion ; 11.Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 302 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

0511005059
9780511005053

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Brazilian popular church and the crisis of modernity.DDC classification:

282/.81/09045 21

LOC classification:

BX1467.2 .V37 1998eb

Online resources:

Click here to access online

Contents:

Part I. Background to the crisis -- The popular Church's Utopian project : ideological and theological bases -- The consolidation of the Igreja Popular and its impact on Brazilian society -- Part II. The nature of the crisis -- The internal dimension : a crisis of participation -- The external dimension: the growth of popular Pentecostalism -- Part III. Explaining the crisis -- Intra-Institutional Explanations -- The crisis in local perspective : a Brazilian base community -- Brazilian capitalism since the 1980s : redefining the limits of the possible -- Part IV. Reinterpreting the crisis -- The popular church and the crisis of modernity -- Rethinking the Popular Church's project : lessons for this-worldly religious utopias -- Conclusion.

Summary: This study explores one of the most dramatic current interactions between religion and politics: the development of progressive Catholicism in Latin America. In particular, it examines economic, social and religious obstacles to progressive theology in Brazil. This 'popular' church built a utopian vision of social emancipation, drawing on Catholic social thought, humanistic Marxism and existentialism. It was a major democratising force as Brazil emerged from dictatorship in the late 1970s. In the 1980s, however, the popular appeal of progressive Catholicism came under threat. Focussing on a Catholic community near Rio de Janeiro, Manuel A. V�squez's incisive study shows how economic and political changes have affected religious practices, and argues that the plight of progressive Catholicism in Brazil forms part of a wider crisis of modernity and of humanist discourses.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings ( 0 )
Title notes ( 6 )

No physical items for this record

Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-300) and index.

This study explores one of the most dramatic current interactions between religion and politics: the development of progressive Catholicism in Latin America. In particular, it examines economic, social and religious obstacles to progressive theology in Brazil. This 'popular' church built a utopian vision of social emancipation, drawing on Catholic social thought, humanistic Marxism and existentialism. It was a major democratising force as Brazil emerged from dictatorship in the late 1970s. In the 1980s, however, the popular appeal of progressive Catholicism came under threat. Focussing on a Catholic community near Rio de Janeiro, Manuel A. V�squez's incisive study shows how economic and political changes have affected religious practices, and argues that the plight of progressive Catholicism in Brazil forms part of a wider crisis of modernity and of humanist discourses.

Print version record.

English.

eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide