A Pioneer in the Struggle for Social Justice

Manuel Larraín and Transnational Catholic Activism in Latin America in the 1950s and 1960s

Bibliographic Data

ID3818697
AuthorsRaúl Burgos (0000-0001-8199-8682, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso Chile, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume42
Issue4
Pages578-588
Publication date2023-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBulletin of Latin American Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0261-3050 • E-ISSN: 1470-9856
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/blar.13466
OpenAlexW4324045764
LanguageEN
References cited18

This article explores the development of inter-American Catholicism during the 1950s and 1960s. It analyses the role of the Chilean Catholic bishop Manuel Larraín (1900-1966) in his efforts to disseminate his diagnosis of underdevelopment in Latin America and to establish links with the Catholic world in the United States. Based on a review of his writings, the American press and documentation from Catholic organisations, it is suggested that the Chilean bishop advocated the implementation of social reforms and American collaboration to prevent the advance of communism and strengthen Catholicism on the continent

Communism · Documentation · Economic Justice · Latin Americans · Political science · Politics · Social activism · Sociology · Underdevelopment · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Catholicism and Religious Studies · Law · Religion and Society Interactions

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