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Author:

Drogus, Carol Ann.

Title:

Activist faith : grassroots women in democratic Brazil and Chile / Carol Ann Drogus, Hannah Stewart-Gambino.

Publisher:

Pennsylvania State University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xi, 212 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Catholic women--Brazil--History--History--20th century.
Basic Christian communities--History--Brazil--History--20th century.
Christianity and politics--Brazil--History--20th century.
Catholic women--Chile--History--History--20th century.
Basic Christian communities--History--Chile--History--20th century.
Christianity and politics--Chile--History--20th century.

Other Authors:

Stewart-Gambino, Hannah W.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-205) and index.

Contents:

Activism and its aftermath -- Understanding invisibility : perspectives on social movement decline -- Resurrecting civil society : base communities under military rule -- Earthquake versus erosion : church retreat and social movement decline -- Keeping the faith : empowerment and activism in a new era -- Catholics and Pentecostals : possibilities for alliance -- Activist women and women's activists : possibilities for networking with feminist groups -- Legacies of activism : personal empowerment, movement survival.

ISBN:

9780271025490 (clothbound : alk. paper)
0271025492 (clothbound : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2004023769

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)