Still Opting for the Poor: The Brazilian Catholic Church and the National Movement of the Street Population

Have rumors of the demise of liberation theology been greatly exaggerated? There is a prevailing belief among scholars and other observers that the Latin American Catholic Church has withdrawn from the preferential option for the poor, which had encouraged a combination of faith and activism for soc...

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Main Author: Cousineau, Madeleine (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2020]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 59, Issue: 4, Pages: 586-605
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Brazil / Catholic church / Liberation theology / Pastoring the poor / Work among the homeless / Movimento Nacional da População em Situação de Rua
RelBib Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
CH Christianity and Society
FD Contextual theology
KBR Latin America
KDB Roman Catholic Church
Further subjects:B Liberation Theology
B preferential option for the poor
B Brazil
B Catholic Church
B Social Movements
B Latin America
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