Transformations in the holy : religious resistance and hegemonic struggles in the Nicaraguan revolution
In sharp contrast to liberal approaches to religion and politics, this political economy approach to the historical relationship of religion, the church, and the development of classes in Nicaragua emphasizes how religion was class divided. The bishops' religious arguments promoting a bourgeois...
| Published in: | Latin American perspectives |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publications
1986
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Latin American perspectives
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| Further subjects: | B
Political behavior
B Social behavior B Nicaragua B Religion B Nicaragua Religion Revolution Umsturzbestrebungen / Revolution Catholic church Politisch-gesellschaftliches Verhalten B Revolution B Catholic school |
| Summary: | In sharp contrast to liberal approaches to religion and politics, this political economy approach to the historical relationship of religion, the church, and the development of classes in Nicaragua emphasizes how religion was class divided. The bishops' religious arguments promoting a bourgeois solution to the crisis of dictatorship are constrasted to the arguments of the lower clergy and the popular church, who appropriated religious themes to ligitimate the radical new vision of society proposed by the Sandinistas |
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| ISSN: | 0094-582X |
| Contains: | In: Latin American perspectives
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