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Religious Responses to Violence - Human Rights in Latin America Past and Present (Hardcover)
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Religious Responses to Violence - Human Rights in Latin America Past and Present (Hardcover)
Series: Kellogg Institute Series on Democracy and Development
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During the past half century, Latin America has evolved from a
region of political instability and frequent dictatorships into one
of elected governments. Although its societies and economies have
undergone sweeping changes, high levels of violence have remained a
persistent problem. Religious Responses to Violence: Human Rights
in Latin America Past and Present offers rich resources to
understand how religion has perceived and addressed different forms
of violence, from the political and state violence of the 1970s and
1980s to the drug traffickers and youth gangs of today. The
contributors offer many fresh insights into contemporary criminal
violence and reconsider past interpretations of political violence,
liberation theology, and human rights in light of new questions and
evidence. In contrast to many other studies of violence, this book
explores its moral dimensions-up close in lived experience-and the
real consequences of human agency. Alexander Wilde provides a
thoughtful substantive introduction, followed by thematic chapters
on "rights," "violence," and case studies of ten countries
throughout the region. The book breaks new ground examining common
responses as well as differences between Catholic and Evangelical
pastoral accompaniment. These new studies focus on the specifically
religious character of their responses-how they relate their
mission and faith to violence in different contexts-to better
understand how and why they have taken action.
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