Brazil: People And Church(Es)

By Oscar Beozzo

Introduction: Jose? Oscar Beozzo, Luiz Carlos Susin -- The formation of the Brazilian people: Luiz Eduardo W. Wanderley -- New Age: an errant religious culture in Brazil today: Leila Amaral -- Fifty years of the CNBB: a bishops' conference based on the Council: evangelization projects; political and ecclesiastical tensions and challenges: Cardinal Aloi?sio Lorscheider -- The origins of Medellin: from Catholic action to the base church communities and social pastoral strategies (1950-68): Luiz Alberto Go?mez de Souza -- Stories of faith and life in the base communities: Faustino Teixeira -- The struggle for modern and ancestral rights: thirty years of the Indianist Missionary Council (CIMI): Paulo Suess -- The struggle for a just land policy: Toma's Balduino -- Pastoral strategy in the Brazilian mega-cities: Joa?o Batista Liba?nio -- Shifts in theology: socio-ecclesiastical changes: recent developments in theology in Brazil: Carlos Palacio -- The contribution of Brazilian ecclesiology to the universal church: Leonardo Boff -- The globalization of continental challenges: a call from Brazil on understanding the Christian faith: Agenor Brighenti -- Pentecostal flames in contemporary Brazil: Brenda Maribel Carranza Da?vila -- Women in the Brazilian church: Maria Clara Lucchetti Bingemer -- Afro-Brazilians and the church: open wounds, scars, and hopes: Afonso Maria Ligorio Soares -- Church and politics in Brazil today: Francisco Whitaker Ferreira -- Open letter to the soul of Brazil: Pedro Casalda?liga -- Documentation: '...and the earth was without form and void': a brief account of a solidarity visit to Palestine: Paulo Suess.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0334030692
• ISBN13: 9780334030690
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: SCM Press
• Length: 144 Pages