ISBN: 9780742555051

Click here to see a video interview with Emelio Betances.Click here to access the tables referenced in the book.Since the 1960s, the Catholic Church has acted as a mediator during social … More...

Click here to see a video interview with Emelio Betances.Click here to access the tables referenced in the book.Since the 1960s, the Catholic Church has acted as a mediator during social and political change in many Latin American countries, especially the Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador. Although the Catholic clergy was called in during political crises in all five countries, the situation in the Dominican Republic was especially notable because the Church''s role as mediator was eventually institutionalized. Because the Dominican state was persistently weak, the Church was able to secure the support of the Balaguer regime (1966-1978) and ensure social and political cohesion and stability. Emelio Betances analyzes the particular circumstances that allowed the Church in the Dominican Republic to accommodate the political and social establishment; the Church offered non-partisan political mediation, rebuilt its ties with the lower echelons of society, and responded to the challenges of the evangelical movement. The author''s historical examination of church-state relations in the Dominican Republic leads to important regional comparisons that broaden our understanding of the Catholic Church in the whole of Latin America. Books > History > Latin American History List_Books, [PU: Rowman & Littlefield]<

ISBN: 9780742555051

Click here to see a video interview with Emelio Betances.Click here to access the tables referenced in the book.Since the 1960s, the Catholic Church has acted as a mediator during social … More...

Click here to see a video interview with Emelio Betances.Click here to access the tables referenced in the book.Since the 1960s, the Catholic Church has acted as a mediator during social and political change in many Latin American countries, especially the Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador. Although the Catholic clergy was called in during political crises in all five countries, the situation in the Dominican Republic was especially notable because the Church''s role as mediator was eventually institutionalized. Because the Dominican state was persistently weak, the Church was able to secure the support of the Balaguer regime (1966-1978) and ensure social and political cohesion and stability. Emelio Betances analyzes the particular circumstances that allowed the Church in the Dominican Republic to accommodate the political and social establishment; the Church offered non-partisan political mediation, rebuilt its ties with the lower echelons of society, and responded to the challenges of the evangelical movement. The author''s historical examination of church-state relations in the Dominican Republic leads to important regional comparisons that broaden our understanding of the Catholic Church in the whole of Latin America. Books List_Books, [PU: Rowman & Littlefield]<

ISBN: 9780742555051

Paperback, [PU: Rowman & Littlefield], Offers a historical examination of church-state relations and case study of the Dominican Republic, which leads into important regional comparisons … More...

Paperback, [PU: Rowman & Littlefield], Offers a historical examination of church-state relations and case study of the Dominican Republic, which leads into important regional comparisons that broaden our understanding of the Catholic Church in the whole of Latin America., Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church<

2007, ISBN: 0742555054

Kartoniert / Broschiert HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / General, Karibik, Latin American studies, mit Schutzumschlag neu, [PU:Rowman & Littlefield Publishers]

2007, ISBN: 9780742555051

The Dominican Case in Comparative Perspective, Buch, Softcover, [PU: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers], Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007