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New Worlds

A Religious History of Latin America

by John Lynch

  • Hardback
  • 384 pages
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
  • 19 x 24.1 x 3.9 cm

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This extraordinary book encompasses the time period from the first Christian evangelists' arrival in Latin America to the dictators of the late twentieth century. With unsurpassed knowledge of Latin American history, John Lynch sets out to explore the reception of Christianity by native people and how it influenced their social and religious lives as the centuries passed. As attentive to modern times as to the colonial period, Lynch also explores the extent to which Indian religion and ancestral ways survived within the new Christian culture. The book follows the development of religious culture over time by focusing on peak periods of change: the response of religion to the Enlightenment, the emergence of the Church from the wars of independence, the Romanization of Latin American religion as the papacy overtook the Spanish crown in effective control of the Church, the growing challenge of liberalism and the secular state, and in the twentieth century, military dictators' assaults on human rights. Throughout the narrative, Lynch develops a number of special themes and topics.Among these are the Spanish struggle for justice for Indians, the Church's position on slavery, the concept of popular religion as distinct from official religion, and the development of liberation theology.
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  • Author

    John Lynch

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Yale University Press

  • Published

    May 2012

  • Weight

    840g

  • Page Count

    384

  • Dimensions

    19 x 24.1 x 3.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9780300166804

  • ISBN-10

    030016680X

  • Eden Code

    4036383

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