Looking for God in Brazil: The Progressive Catholic Church in Urban Brazil's Religious Arena - Hardcover

Burdick, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520080009 ISBN 13: 9780520080003

Publisher: University of California Press, 1993

Synopsis

For a generation, the Catholic Church in Brazil has enjoyed international renown as one of the most progressive social forces in Latin America. The Church's creation of Christian Base Communities (CEBs), groups of Catholics who learn to read the Bible as a call for social justice, has been widely hailed. Still, in recent years it has become increasingly clear that the CEBs are lagging far behind the explosive growth of Brazil's two other major national religious movements―Pentacostalism and Afro-Brazilian Umbanda.

On the basis of his extensive fieldwork in Rio di Janeiro, including detailed life histories of women, blacks, youths, and the marginal poor, John Burdick offers the first in-depth explanation of why the radical Catholic Church is losing, and Pentecostalism and Umbanda winning, the battle for souls in urban Brazil.

About this title

About the Author

John Burdick is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Syracuse University.

From the Back Cover

"One of the best books that has been written on religion and politics in Latin America. It is theoretically deft and empirically rich."―Scott Mainwaring, University of Notre Dame

From the Inside Flap

"One of the best books that has been written on religion and politics in Latin America. It is theoretically deft and empirically rich."—Scott Mainwaring, University of Notre Dame

Edition details

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520080009
• ISBN 13: 9780520080003
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280