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Rendering unto Caesar

The Catholic Church and the State in Latin America

By: Anthony Gill

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Hardcover | 3 February 1998 | Edition Number 1

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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 Catholicism. In places where evangelical Protestantism and "spiritist" sects made inroads among poor Catholics, Church leaders championed the rights of the poor and turned against authoritarian regimes to retain parishioners. Where competition was minimal, bishops maintained good relations with military rulers. Applying economic reasoning to an entirely new setting, "Rendering unto Caesar" offers a new theory of religious competition that dramatically revises our understanding of church-state relations.

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Non-Fiction Religion & Beliefs Christianity Christian Churches, Denominations, Groups Roman Catholicism Politics & Government Political Structure & Processes Christian Theology

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction: Caesar and the Church	p. 1
A Brief History of Church-State Relations in Latin America	p. 17
An Economic Model of Church-State Relations	p. 47
Luther's Shadow: Protestant Competition and the Catholic Response	p. 79
Chile: A Preferential Option for the Poor	p. 121
Argentina: Complicity with the Devil	p. 149
The Institutional Limits of Catholic Progressivism	p. 172
Postscript	p. 187
Rationality and Religion	p. 193
Notes	p. 203
References	p. 229
Index	p. 259
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