E-Book, Englisch, 428 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
Levine Popular Voices in Latin American Catholicism
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-6261-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, 428 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6261-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
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Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
List of Figures
List of Tables
Foreword
Preface and Acknowledgments
Note on the Interviews
Pt. I Issues and Contexts
1 Popular Voices 3
Defining and Finding Popular Groups 6
Initial Perspectives on Theory and Practice 13
Studies in Latin America 20
Studying Popular Groups, Hearing Popular Voices 23
The Structure of This Book 29
2 Liberation Theology, Base Communities, and the Pattern of Change in Latin America 31
Context and Conjuncture: The Pattern of Change in Latin America 32
Central Ideas in Liberation Theology 39
Liberation Theology and Base Communities: Ideas and Action 44
Conclusion 51
3 Colombia and Venezuela: Nations, Churches, and Programs 54
State, Politics, and Associational Life 55
Socioeconomic and Demographic Contrasts 59
The Churches: Contrasts in Structure, Ideology, and Organizational Strategy 65
Popular Work: Alternative Views 82
Conclusion 91
4 Colombia and Venezuela: Dioceses, Villages, and Barrios 94
Facatativa 94
Barquisimeto 107
Cali 116
Comparative Perspectives 124
Pt. II Actors and Experiences
5 Being Religious, Reading the Bible, Becoming Church 133
Being Religious and Reading the Bible 134
Biblical Texts and Readings 139
Becoming Church: Varieties of Popular Experience 146
Transforming Popular Religion 167
Conclusion 177
6 Popular Needs and Popular Ideals 181
Being Poor 182
Fellowship, Sociability, and Self-Image 193
Images of Church and Clergy 199
Empowering the Poor 207
7 Priests, Sisters, and Pastoral Agents 213
Background and Personal History 215
Working 230
Opting for the Poor, Popular Religion, and the Nature of Groups 242
Two Matched Profiles 252
Conclusion 270
8 Selected Life Histories 272
Huberto Vanegas: A Lay Pastoral Agent 273
Two Colombian Women: Olga Ceballos and Susanna Madrid 280
Two Peasant Men: Fortunato Duque and Patricio Alvarez 294
Conclusion 310
Pt. III Theoretical and Comparative Reflections
9 Linking Everyday Life with Big Structures 317
Consciousness, Ideology, and Culture 322
Mediators, Mediations, and the Question of Democracy 335
A Note on Class 344
Conclusion 350
10 The Future of Popular Voices 353
Reprise 354
Explaining Change 362
Are Popular Voices Unique? 365
Facing the Future 368
Knowing about the Future 371
Envoi 374
Bibliography 375
Index 397
