The Two Churches: Catholicism and Capitalism in the World System

by Michael L. Budde

The single most important change now well under way within Catholicism is its transition from a First World to a Third World entity. How this enormous shift will affect the Catholic church's role in the world economy is the subject of Michael L. Budde's book, the first world systems study of the mutual interaction of religion and political economy in the 1990s. Budde's argument here is twofold. He contends that world Catholicism, led by its Third...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822312298
• ISBN13: 9780822312291
• Release Date: May 1992
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.