Women, religion, and social change in Brazil's popular church

Author(s)

• Drogus, Carol Ann

Bibliographic Information

Women, religion, and social change in Brazil's popular church

Carol Ann Drogus

（A title from the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies）

University of Notre Dame Press, c1997

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-222) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

What happens when liberation theology's attempt to mobilize the Brazilian poor for political and social change meets the realities of church, community and culture in this predominantly Catholic country? This book assesses the successes and failures of the movement in relation to gender.

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• NCID: BA43665927
• ISBN:
  • 0268019517
• LCCN: 97021492
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Notre Dame, Ind.
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 226 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BX1466.2
  • DC21 : 282/.81/082
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Women in the Catholic Church -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Basic Christian communities -- Brazil
  • LCSH : Liberation theology
  • LCSH : Brazil -- Church history -- 20th century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA28246612