Rendering Unto Caesar: The Catholic Church and the State in Latin America

by Anthony Gill

Book Overview

Nowhere has the relationship between state and church been more volatile in recent decades than in Latin America. Anthony Gill's controversial book not only explains why Catholic leaders in some countries came to oppose dictatorial rule but, equally important, why many did not. Using historical and statistical evidence from twelve countries, Gill for the first time uncovers the causal connection between religious competition and the rise of progressive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226293858
• ISBN13: 9780226293851
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"