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Filosofi & religion

Religion in the Megacity

Philip Berryman

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  • 216 sidor
  • 1997
"Mega-cities" - sprawling urban centres - are now home to most Latin Americans. This work contrasts religion in two such cities - Sao Paulo in Brazil and Caracas in Venezuela. In Brazil, the Catholic Archdiocese of Sao Paulo, under Cardinal Arns and progressive Catholics, was a rallying point for resistance to the military dictatorship. Sao Paulo is also a city in which Pentecostal Protestant churches have enjoyed explosive growth. The author aims to give a sense of what is happening within both the Catholic and Protestant communities. Venezuela's capital city is very different. Characterized by one Protestant missionary as a "secular city", Caracas is a place where relative wealth and consumer lifestyles have proved obstacles to the spread of Christianity. Here, both Protestant and Catholic churches face quite different challenges to those in Sao Paulo.
  • Författare: Philip Berryman
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781899365111
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 216
  • Utgivningsdatum: 1997-03-01
  • Förlag: Latin America Bureau