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Contradiction and Conflict explores the rich history, ideology, and development of the popular church in Nicaragua. From careful assessments within the context of Nicaragua's revolutionary period (1970s-1990), this book explores the historical conditions that worked to unify members of the Christian faith and the subsequent factors that fragmented the Christian community into at least four identifiable groups with religious and political differences, contradictions, and conflicts.
Based on research and interview fieldwork conducted in Nicaragua, this groundbreaking volume, primarily focused on three Christian base communities in Managua, records disparate voices that recount the development and character of the popular church. Together, these eloquent voices contradict a fundamental and widely held opinion on the nature of the popular church.
Debra Sabia establishes that, contrary to what has been thought, the popular church was neither homogeneous nor unified and that divergent notions of the popular church exist in Nicaragua.
Using the work of Max Weber as a model in developing a theoretical framework for examining the popular church in Nicaragua, Sabia divides the popular church community into four ideal types: the Marxist, the Christian Revolutionary, the Reformist, and the Alienated Christian. Each ideal type is differentiated by its members' general orientation to spiritual and political beliefs and practices.
Sabia provides important details about the origins and impact of these divisions, and she is especially sensitive to the groups' and individuals' own perceptions of their particular blend of religion and politics. By examining the impact of the popular church on the revolution and, conversely, the effect that Nicaraguan politics has had on the popular church, the study offers original conclusions for assessing the future viability of the popular church in the counterrevolutionary state.
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History, Politics and government, Socialism and Christianity, Basic Christian communities, Church history, Catholic Church, Communautés de base dans l'Eglise, Socialisme et christianisme, Année 1990, Histoire religieuse, Eglise catholique, Theologie der Befreiung, Communautés de base dans l'Église, Histoire, Geschichte 1970-1990, Politique et gouvernement, Église catholique, Katholische Kirche, Catholic church, nicaragua, Christian communities, Nicaragua, church history, Nicaragua, politics and government, Socialism and catholic churchPlaces
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Contradiction and conflict: the popular church in Nicaragua
1997, University of Alabama Press
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0817308733 9780817308735
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-230) and index.
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