The history of the Catholic Church in Latin America : from conquest to revolution and beyond /

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Author / Creator:Schwaller, John Frederick, author.
Imprint:New York : New York University Press, ©2011.
Description:1 online resource (ix, 319 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11245964
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ISBN:9780814783603
0814783600
9780814708804
0814708803
9780814740033
0814740030
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-302) and index.
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Summary:"One cannot understand Latin America without understanding the history of the Catholic Church in the region. Catholicism has been predominant in Latin America and it has played a definitive role in its development. It helped to spur the conquest of the New World with its emphasis on missions to the indigenous peoples, controlled many aspects of the colonial economy, and played key roles in the struggles for Independence. The History of the Catholic Church in Latin America offers a concise yet far-reaching synthesis of this institution's role from the earliest contact between the Spanish and native tribes until the modern day, the first such historical overview available in English. John Frederick Schwaller looks broadly at the forces that formed the Church in Latin America and caused it to develop in the unique manner in which it did. While the Church is often characterized as monolithic, the author carefully showcases its constituent parts-often in tension with one another-as well as its economic function and its role in the political conflicts within the Latin American republics. Organized chronologically, the volume traces the changing dynamics within the Church as it moved from the period of the Reformation up through twentieth-century arguments over Liberation Theology, offering a solid framework to approaching the massive literature on the Catholic Church in Latin America. Through his accessible prose, Schwaller offers a set of guideposts to lead the reader through this complex and fascinating history."--Provided by publisher.
Other form:Print version: Schwaller, John Frederick. History of the Catholic Church in Latin America. New York : New York University Press, ©2011 9780814740033