Table of Contents

List of tables; Preface and acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. The Political and Religious Bases of Catholicism in Brazil: 1. Establishment, decay and separation from the state; 2. The revolution of 1930: Church–state reintegration; Part II. The Church Faces the Modern World, 1950–64: 3. Socio-political threats of the modern world; 4. In search of a new approach to influence: promotion of social change; Part III. The Church after 1964: 5. Institutionalization of strategies for social change: the CNBB; 6. Demands of the times and responses in the hierarchy; 7. Strategies for the promotion of change in the Church; 8. The 'experiences' of four dioceses: obstacles to change; Section IV. The Church and State in Conflict: 9. Origins and process of conflict; 10. Consequences of conflict: autonomy and the prophetic mission; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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This 1974 book provides an institutional and historical analysis of the Brazilian Church.