Revolutionary Christianity in Argentina : emergence, formation and responses to state terror (1930-1983)
The thesis investigates liberationist Christianity in Argentina, understanding it as a dynamic, diverse and internally conflictive socio-religious movement. As such, the movement transcended political and denominational divides, incorporating some of the minority Protestant sectors in addition to large numbers of Catholics. Three stages in the history of the revolutionary Christian movement in Argentina are analysed: firstly (1930-1966), the emergence of what Michael LĂ¶wy refers to as the liberationist Christian movement is assessed, by following changes in Argentinian society, within Catholic and Protestant sectors and within Marxism. This section emphasises that dialogue between Marxism and Christianity tended to revolve around a humanist language that had come to represent a break with previous dominant tendencies in each. As such the thesis challenges perceptions that posit liberation theology as merely the result of internal religious developments, demonstrating how changes in the left also enabled political and intellectual engagement. Secondly (1966-1974), the study investigates how this broad phenomenon mobilised into a social movement, offering new interpretations of how intra-ecclesial and political
Bradbury, P. M.
Revolutionary Christianity in Argentina : emergence, formation and responses to state terror (1930-1983). The thesis investigates liberationist Christianity in Argentina, understanding it as a dynamic, diverse and internally conflictive socio-religious movement. As such, the movement transcended political and denominational divides, incorporating some of the minority Protestant sectors in addition to large numbers of Catholics. Three stages in the history of the revolutionary Christian movement in Argentina are analysed: firstly (1930-1966), the emergence of what Michael LĂ¶wy refers to as the liberationist Christian movement is assessed, by following changes in Argentinian society, within Catholic and Protestant sectors and within Marxism. This section emphasises that dialogue between Marxism and Christianity tended to revolve around a humanist language that had come to represent a break with previous dominant tendencies in each. As such the thesis challenges perceptions that posit liberation theology as merely the result of internal religious developments, demonstrating how changes in the left also enabled political and intellectual engagement. Secondly (1966-1974), the study investigates how this broad phenomenon mobilised into a social movement, offering new interpretations of how intra-ecclesial and political
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