CONFLICT AND COMPETITION
The Latin American Church in a Changing Environment
edited by Edward L. Cleary and Hannah Stewart-Gambino

Changes in Latin America have created a new political game with new rules, argue the authors, and the Catholic church, the "voice of the voiceless" in the 1980s, will find itself increasingly constrained in its political activity in the 1990s. The church will have to respond to limits placed on it by the Vatican and by strairted human and financial resources. It also faces competition from a massive surge of evangelical Protestantism. The authors address these new situations, looking in depth at Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Peru, and Venezuela.

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	Contents
1	Introduction: New Game, New Rules Hannah Stewart-Gambino
2	Redefining the Changes and Politics in Chile Hannah Stewart-Gambino
3	Catholicism and Political Action in Brazil: Limitations and Prospects Thomas C. Bruneau & W. E. Hewitt
4	Popular Movements and the Limits of Political Mobilization at the Grassroots in Brazil Carol Ann Drogus
5	The Church in Peru: Between Terrorism and Conservative Restraints Jeffrey Klaiber
6	The Catholic Church and Politics in Venezuela: Resource Limitations, Religious Competition and Democracy Brian Froehle
7	The Limits of Religious Influence: The Progressive Church in Nicaragua Philip Williams
8	(Still) Waiting for John Paul II: The Church in Cuba John M. Kirk
9	Evangelicals and Competition in Guatemala Edward L. Cleary
10	Conclusion: Politics and Religion-Crisis, Constraints, and Restructuring Edward L. Cleary
	About the Contributors

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Conflict and competition : the Latin Amerícan Curch in a chaning environment /
edited by Edward L. Cleary and Hannah Stewart-Gambino. Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-55587-251-4 (hc)
ISBN 1-55587-332-4 (pb)

1. Catholic Church -- Latin America-History -- 20th century. 2. Latin America -- Church history -- 20th century. I. Cleary, Edward L. II. Stewart-Gambino, Hannah W.
BX1426.2.C593 1992
282'.8' 09049--dc20 91-44237 CIP