Church, society and development in Latin America

Bibliographic Data

ID5837006
AuthorsEmanuel De Kadt (University of Sussex, corresponding author)
Year1971
Volume8
Issue1
Pages23-43
Publication date1971-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Development Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0388 • E-ISSN: 1743-9140
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00220387108421386
OpenAlexW2091813931
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited11

Many of Latin America's Roman Catholic leaders-clerical and lay-have moved away from previously dominant conservative political positions, as a result both of doctrinal changes decreed by Rome (Pope John and the Council) and of the widespread failure of meaningful development in their, societies. But in most places the position of the hierarchy is only marginally different from that of the government in power (save on issues of basic human rights where these are systematically denied) and the impact of the radical minority is small. Though the church wishes its voice to be heard, it is doubtful whether its views will make much difference: secularization has gone far among decision-makers, and those who still listen to the clergy are mostly conservative middle-class women and an uneducated peasantry, still caught up in traditional folk beliefs

Civil society · Position (finance · Secularization · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development

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