Looking for God in Brazil

The Progressive Catholic Church in Urban Brazil's Religious Arena

By: John Burdick

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Paperback | 4 March 1996 | Edition Number 1

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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.

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Non-Fiction Sociology & Anthropology Anthropology Social & Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography Religion & Beliefs Christianity Christian Churches, Denominations, Groups Roman Catholicism Society & Culture Social Groups Urban Communities Protestantism & Protestant Churches

Pentecostal Churches Christian Institutions & Organisations Christian Social Thought & Activity History Regional & National History History of the Americas Archaeology

Preface
Introduction: Paradoxes in a Religious Arena	p. 1
Getting Bread at Rodrigo's	p. 17
The Religious Arena	p. 33
"The Church is Open!": Class Fractions in the Religious Arena	p. 68
"I Struggle at Home Even Day": Women and Domestic Conflict in the Religious Arena	p. 87
Escape from the Snake's Nest: Unmarried Youth in the Religious Arena	p. 117
Slaves and Wanderers: Negros in the Religious Arena	p. 146
Catholics, Crentes, and Politics	p. 182
Conclusion: Looking for Liberation	p. 221
Notes	p. 231
Glossary	p. 257
Bibliography	p. 259
Index	p. 275
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