Rendering unto Caesar The Catholic Church and the State in Latin America

Name: Rendering unto Caesar The Catholic Church and the State in Latin America
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ISBN: 9780226293851

ISBN-10: 0226293858

ISBN-13: 9780226293851

Edition: 1997

Authors: Anthony Gill

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Nowhere has the relationship between state and church been more volatile in recent decades than in Latin America. Anthony Gill's controversial book not only explains why Catholic leaders in some countries came to oppose dictatorial rule but, equally important, why many did not. Using historical and statistical evidence from twelve countries, Gill for the first time uncovers the causal connection between religious competition and the rise of progressive Catholicism. In places where evangelical Protestantism and "spiritist" sects made inroads among poor Catholics, Church leaders championed the rights of the poor and turned against authoritarian regimes to retain parishioners. Where…

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 2/3/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 284
Size: 0.62" wide x 0.91" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Introduction: Caesar and the Church



A Brief History of Church-State Relations in Latin America



An Economic Model of Church-State Relations



Luther's Shadow: Protestant Competition and the Catholic Response



Chile: A Preferential Option for the Poor



Argentina: Complicity with the Devil



The Institutional Limits of Catholic Progressivism


Postscript



Rationality and Religion


Notes


References


Index