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Book Synopsis
This study offers an explanation of why the radical Catholic church is losing, and Pentecostalism and umbanda are winning, the battle for souls in urban Brazil.

Table of Contents
PREFACE
Introduction: Paradoxes in a Religious Arena

1
Getting Bread at Rodrigo's
2
The Religious Arena
3
"The Church is Open!": Class Fractions in the
Religious Arena
4
"I Struggle at Home Every Day": Women and
Domestic Conflict in the Religious Arena
5
Escape from the Snake's Nest: Unmarried
Youth in the Religious Arena
6
Slaves and Wanderers: Negros in the Religious Arena
7
Catholics, Crentes, and Politics

Conclusion: Looking for Liberation
NOTES
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 04/03/1996
      ISBN13: 9780520205031, 978-0520205031
      ISBN10: 0520205030
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      Religious social and pastoral thought and activity Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This study offers an explanation of why the radical Catholic church is losing, and Pentecostalism and umbanda are winning, the battle for souls in urban Brazil.

      Table of Contents
      PREFACE
      Introduction: Paradoxes in a Religious Arena

      1
      Getting Bread at Rodrigo's
      2
      The Religious Arena
      3
      "The Church is Open!": Class Fractions in the
      Religious Arena
      4
      "I Struggle at Home Every Day": Women and
      Domestic Conflict in the Religious Arena
      5
      Escape from the Snake's Nest: Unmarried
      Youth in the Religious Arena
      6
      Slaves and Wanderers: Negros in the Religious Arena
      7
      Catholics, Crentes, and Politics

      Conclusion: Looking for Liberation
      NOTES
      GLOSSARY
      BIBLIOGRAPHY
      INDEX

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