How Latin America Saved the Soul of the Catholic Church

by Edward L. Cleary

Overview

Tells the remarkable story of the transformation of the Latin American church on every level, from professional theologians to the individual in the remotest Latin American village.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780809146291
Publisher:	Paulist Press
Publication date:	01/28/2010
Pages:	226
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Transformation of Latin American Christianity 1

Chapter 1 Religious History and the Latin American Tradition 13

Chapter 2 Successfully Bringing Millions of Laypeople into Service in the Church 24

Chapter 3 Offering a Marketplace for Spiritual Well-Being 45

Chapter 4 Embracing Diversity: Encounters with Non-Christian Religions 70

Chapter 5 Emphasizing the Poor and Vulnerable 89

Chapter 6 Transforming Theology from Hyperintellectualism to Concerns of the People and the Care of the Earth 106

Chapter 7 Emphasizing Evangelization and Empowering 1.2 Million Lay Catechists 114

Chapter 8 Choosing Human Rights and Dying for Them 134

Chapter 9 Peace-Keeping and Mediating 151

Chapter 10 Sending Missionaries with a Message of Solidarity 171

Notes 185

Index 214