New Worlds: A Religious History of Latin America

By:

Lynch, John

Contributor(s):

JSTOR (Organization)

Series: JSTOR ebooks - DDAPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 404 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780300183740 (electronic bk.)
0300183747 (electronic bk.)

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: New worlds.DDC classification:

BR 600 23 .L96 2012

LOC classification:

BR600 .L96 2012eb
BR600 .L96 2012eb

Available additional physical forms:

Available via the World Wide Web.

Contents:

Religion and empire -- Christianity in a new world -- Religion in the Age of Enlightenment -- Independence: a sinful revolution -- Creating a Latin American church -- The religion of the people -- Church and state in a liberal world -- New century, new challenges -- The church and the dictators -- Religion and revolution -- Difference and diversity -- Between liberation and tradition.

Summary: "This extraordinary book encompasses the 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 peoples 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 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."--book jacket.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Jesuit Historical Institute in Africa	Jesuit Historical Institute in Africa	General Stacks	BR 600 .L96 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan (Restricted Access)		2059

Includes bibliographical references (pages [390]-397) and index.

"This extraordinary book encompasses the 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 peoples 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 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."--book jacket.