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The history of the Catholic Church in Latin America

Schwaller, John Frederick.

The history of the Catholic Church in Latin America from conquest to revolution and beyond / [electronic resource] : John Frederick Schwaller. - New York : New York University Press, c2011. - 1 online resource (ix, 319 p. ) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-302) and index.

Religious origins of Catholicism in Latin America -- Spain and Portugal in the the New World -- Conquest, spiritual and otherwise -- The colonial church -- Reform and enlightenment -- The church and clergy at independence -- Working out the differences -- The established order and the threat of popular religion -- Revolution and reform -- The mid-twentieth-century church -- The decline of liberation theology.

9780814783603 0814783600




Catholic Church--History.--Latin America


Latin America--Church history.


Electronic books.

BX1426.3 / .S39 2011

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