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1 online resource (xvi, 275 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Critical currents in Latin American perspective,
1559-2987
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Critical currents in Latin American perspective.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-264) and index. |
| Contents |
Development of the Dominican Catholic Church: a comparative perspective -- Church and politics in four Latin American nations -- Finding a new role in society -- Mediator par excellence -- Building a new relationship with society -- Evangelicals and politics: challenges and opportunities. |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
The Catholic Church acted as a mediator during social and political change in several Latin American countries from the 1960s through the 1990s: the Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador. Although the Catholic clergy was called to mediate in political crises in all five countries, in the Dominican Republic the Church's role as mediator was eventually institutionalized. A historical examination of church-state relations and case study of the Dominican Republic leads into important regional comparisons that broaden our understanding of the Catholic Church in the whol. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Catholic Church -- Dominican Republic -- History.
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Catholic Church. |
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Dominican Republic. |
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History. |
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Catholic Church -- Political activity -- Dominican Republic -- History.
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Political participation. |
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Church and state -- Dominican Republic -- History.
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Church and state. |
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Dominican Republic -- Church history.
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Church history. |
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Electronic books.
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Church history.
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History.
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Print version: Betances, Emelio. Catholic Church and power politics in Latin America. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2007 9780742572690 (DLC) 2006101849 (OCoLC)77494456 |
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9780742572690 (electronic book) |
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0742572692 (electronic book) |
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9780742555044 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0742555046 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780742555051 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0742555054 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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