Brazil: Church & Society

(see also Brazil, Brazil: Military Regime, Brazil since 1985, Brazil: Lula & the Workers' Party, Brazil: Northeast, Brazil: Amazon Region, Brazil: Black History, Life & Values & Dom Helder Camara)

Basics

On the Web: Articles

On the Web: Specialized Sites

In the Library: Articles

Adriance, Madeleine. "The paradox of institutionalization: the Roman Catholic Church in Chile & Brazil," Sociological Analysis, supplement 53 (1992):s51-s62.

Alvarez, Sonia. "Women's participation in the 'people's church'," Feminist Studies 16 (1990).

Anon. "Religious life among the poor? Two accounts from Brazil," in Boff & Elizondo (eds.) Iglesia Popular (Concilium 176), pp. 56-60.

Bacchetta, Vittorio. "Brazil: Church recalls 20-year transformation process" & "Brazil;s CNBB seeks 'new way of being Church'," Latinamerica Press (8/16-23/84).

Barbé, Domingos. "The spiritual basis of nonviolence," in P. McManus & G. Schlabach (eds.) Relentless Persistence (Philadelphia: New Society, 1991), pp. 266-81.

Boff, Clodovis. "A Igreja, o povo e o poder," Revista Eclesiástica Brasileira 40 (1980):11-47.

Boff, Leonardo. "Images of Jesus in Brazilian liberal Christianity," in J. Míguez Bonino (ed.) Faces of Jesus (Maryknoll NY: Orbis, 1984), pp. 9-29.

Brandão, Carlos Rodrigues. "Religious identity as a symbolic strategy: Brazilian dimensions," Social Science Information 25 (3/1/86):229-51.

Brazilian Bishops' Conference. "Brazil: a Christian reflection on the life of minors," LADOC 4,1 (1/88):12-26.

__________. "Christian reflection on the current political situation," LADOC 12,21 (1-2/82).

Bruneau, Thomas C. "The changing political role of the Catholic Church," in Rosenbaum & Tyler (eds.) I (NY, 1972):299-322.

__________. "Power & influence: analysis of the Church in Latin America & the case of Brazil," Latin American Research Review 8,2 (1973):25-52.

__________. "Obstacles to change in the Church: lessons from four Brazilian dioceses," Journal of Interamerican Studies & World Affairs 16,1 (1974).

__________. "Church & politics in Brazil: the genesis of change," Journal of Latin American Studies 17,2 (11/85):271-93.

__________ & W.E. Hewitt. "The church & politics in Brazil: retrospective & limited prospects," in Cleary & Stewart-Gambino (eds.) Conflict & Competition (Boulder, 1992).

Carpenter, Robert. "Esoteric literature as a microcosmic mirror of Brazil's religious marketplace," in C. Smith & J. Prokopy (eds.) Latin American Religion in Motion (NY, 1999), pp. 221-34.

Cloin, Tiago G. "Bishops on the march in Brazil," in J. Considine (ed.) The Religious Dimension in the New Latin America (Notre Dame, 1966), pp. 105-16.

Comblin, José. "Situação histórica do catolicismo no Brasil," Revista Eclesiastica Brasileira 26 (1966):574-601.

__________. "Prolegomenos da catequese no Brasil," Revista Eclesiástica Brasileira 27 (1967):845-74.

__________. "Para uma tipologia do catolicismo no Brasil," Revista Eclesiástica Brasileira 28 (1968).

della Cava, Ralph. "Short-term politcs & long-term religion in Brazil," in Woodrow Wilson Center Latin America Program, Working Papers 12 (1978).

__________. "The Catholic Church & mass media in Brazil: some theoretical considerations," Studies in Latin American Popular Culture 7 (1988):199-211.

__________. "The 'people's church,' the Vatican & abertura," in A. Stepan (ed.) Democratizing Brazil (NY, 1989), pp. 143-67.

Doimo, Ana Maria. "Social movements & the Catholic Church in Vitoria, Brazil," in Mainwaring & Wilde (eds.) The Progressive Church in Latin America (Notre Dame, 1989), pp. 193-223.

Drogus, Carol. "Popular movements & the limits of political mobilization at the grassroots in Brazil," in Cleary & Stewart-Gambino (eds.) Conflict & Competition (Boulder, 1992).

Editors of NCR. "Dom Paulo: voice for human rights,"

Fox, Thomas C. "Arns is a symbol of human rights in Latin America," National Catholic Reporter (9/14/01):24. Retired Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns of São Paulo.

Freston, Paul. "Brazil: church growth, parachurch agencies & politics," in G. Cook (ed.) New Face of the Church in Latin America (Maryknoll: Orbis, 1994), pp. 226-44.

Galletta, Ricardo. "Pastoral popular e política partidaria," Comunicações do ISER 5 (1983):14-24.

Gil, B.M. "A eficácia dos cursilhos de cristandade," História (São Paulo) 8 (1989):29-40.

Hebblethwaite, Margaret. "Brazil cardinal recalls battles with curia," National Catholic Reporter (4/5/02):15.

Morris, Fred B. "In the presence of mine enemies," Harpers (10/75):57-70. Memoir of Methodist missionary tortured by military regime for association with Dom Helder Camara.

In the Library: Non-Fiction Books

Alves, Maria Helena. State & Opposition in Military Brazil (Austin: U. Texas, 1984).

Antoine, Charles. Church & Power in Brazil (Maryknoll NY: Orbis, 1973).

__________. O Integrismo brasileiro (Rio de Janeiro, 1980).

Arns, Paulo Evaristo. Em defesa dos direitos humanos: encontro com o Reporter (Rio de Janeiro, 1978).

__________. Da esperança á utopia (São Paulo: Sextante, 2001). Autobiography of Cardinal Arns.

Azevedo, Thales de. Igreja e Estado em tensão e crise (São Paulo, 1978).

Azzi, Riolando. O episcopado do Brasil frente ao catolicismo popular (Petrópolis, 1972).

Barbé, Domingos. Teologia da pastoral operária (Petrópolis, 1983).

Barros, Raimundo Caramurú de. Brasil: uma igreja em renovação (Petrópolis, 1967).

Beozzo, José Oscar. Cristãos na universidade e na política (Petrópolis, 1984).

Bernardes, Julia Adão. Espaço e movimentos reivindicatórios: o caso de Nova Iguaçú (Rio de Janeiro, 1983).

Berryman, Philip. Religion in the Megacity: Catholic & Protestant Portraits from Latin America (Maryknoll NY: Orbis, 1996). São Paulo & Caracas.

Brown, Diana DeGroat. Umbanda: Religion & Politics in Urban Brazil (NY: Columbia, 1994).

Bruneau, Thomas C. The Political Transformation of the Brazilian Catholic Church (NY: Cambridge, 1974).

__________. The Church in Brazil: The Politics of Religion (Austin: U. Texas, 1982).

__________. The Catholic Church & the Basic Christian Communities: A Case Study from the Brazilian Amazon (Montreal: McGill, 1983).

Burdick, John. Looking for God in Brazil: The Progressive Catholic Church in Urban Brazil's Religious Arena (Berkeley: U. California, 1993).

__________. Blessed Anastácia: Women, Race, & Popular Christianity in Brazil (NY: Routledge, 1998).

Comblin, José. Os sinais dos tempos e a evangelização (São Paulo, 1968).

Comissão Arquidiocesana de Pastoral dos Direitos Humanos e Marginalizados. Fé e política (Petrópolis, 1981).

della Cava, Ralph. A Igreja em flagrante (Rio de Janeiro, 1985).

__________. E o verbo se faz imagem: a Igreja Católica e os meios de comunicação no Brasil, 1961-1989 (Petrópolis, 1991).

Doimo, Ana Maria. Movimento social urbano, Igreja e participação popular (Petropolis, 1984).

Floridi, Ulisse Aleio. Radicalismo cattolico brasiliano (Roma, 1968).

Gallet, Paul. Freedom to Starve [1967] (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972).

Guider, Margaret Eletta. Daughters of Rahab: Prostitution & the Church of Liberation in Brazil (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1995).

Lima, Luiz Gonzaga de Souza. Evolução política dos católicos e da Igreja no Brasil (Petrópolis, 1979).

In the Library: Fiction

Freyre, Gilberto. Mother & Son (Dona Sinhá e o filho padre) [1964] (NY: Knopf, 1967).

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In the Library: Drama

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CD & Audio

Film & Video

"Jenipapo" [1995], dir. Monique Gardenberg, 100m. Journalist seeks interview with press-shy liberationist priest in backlands.