The Roman Catholic Church: committed to the poor in Guatemala |
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Authors: | R DANIEL JACOBSON WILLIAM N HOLDEN |
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Institution: | Department of Geography, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 |
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Abstract: | The coexistence of conservative and liberation perspectives within the Roman Catholic Church still causes disagreements. However, since Vatican II, the Catholic Church in Guatemala has established a commitment to act as a church of the poor. There is tension between Guatemala's elite and the Church, which has led to the murders of Church members and the issuance of death threats to others. Although the growth of evangelical movements has caused the Church to lose influence, the Church remains committed to the poor, which places it in sharp contradistinction to neoliberalism. |
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Keywords: | Guatemala liberation theology progressive church neoliberalism Guatemala thé ologie de la libé ration é glise progressiste né olibé ralisme |
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