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title	:	Contradiction and Conflict : The Popular Church in Nicaragua
author	:	Sabia, Debra.
publisher	:	University of Alabama Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0817308733
print isbn13	:	9780817308735
ebook isbn13	:	9780585211626
language	:	English
subject	Basic Christian communities--Nicaragua--History, Catholic Church--Nicaragua--History--20th century, Nicaragua--Church history--20th century, Nicaragua--Politics and government--1979-1990, Nicaragua--Politics and government--1990- , Socialism and Catholic
publication date	:	1997
lcc	:	BX2347.72.N5S23 1997eb
ddc	:	282/.7285/09048
subject	:	Basic Christian communities--Nicaragua--History, Catholic Church--Nicaragua--History--20th century, Nicaragua--Church history--20th century, Nicaragua--Politics and government--1979-1990, Nicaragua--Politics and government--1990- , Socialism and Catholic

Page iii Contradiction and Conflict The Popular Church in Nicaragua Debra Sabia The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa and London

Page iv Copyright 1997 The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380 All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Science-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sabia, Debra, 1957 Contradiction and conflict : the popular church in Nicaragua / Debra Sabia. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8173-0873-3 (alk. paper) 1. Basic Christian communitiesNicaraguaHistory. 2. Catholic ChurchNicaraguaHistory20th century. 3. NicaraguaChurch history20th century. 4. NicaraguaPolitics and government19791990. 5. NicaraguaPolitics and government1990 6. Socialism and Catholic ChurchNicaraguaHistor20th century. I. Title. BX2347.72.N5S23 1997 282'.7285'09048dc21 96-46304 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data available

Page v To my parents, in loving memory

Page vii Contents Preface ix 1. Introduction 1 2. The Second Vatican Council 12 3. The Rise of the Popular Church 29 4. Radicalization of the Popular Church 50 5. Shattering of the Christian Coalition 81 6. The Marxist Type 96 7. The Revolutionary Christian Type 115 8. The Reformist Christian Type 144 9. The Alienated Christian Type 173 10. The Future of the Popular Church 210 References 221 Index 231

Page ix Preface This work explores the rich history, ideology, and development of the popular church in Nicaragua. Examined within the revolutionary period of Nicaragua's history (1970s1990s), the study investigates the historical conditions that worked to unify members of the Christian faith and those subsequent factors that fragmented the popular coalition. Based on research conducted in Nicaragua, and primarily focused on three Christian base communities in Managua, the book gathers an assembly of voices that offer understanding into the development and nature of the popular church. Yet the eloquence of those voices belies a fundamental problem: Divergent notions of the popular church exist in Nicaragua. While a generalized conception of this church and its characteristics exists, it has not escaped the effects of local interpretations and doctrinal elaborations. In dealing with the complexity of this problem, this book presents a typology as a means for exploring and thinking about the religious and political differences, contradictions, and conflicts evident among the progressive sector of Catholics. The typology constructed for this study has borrowed from the work and contribution of Max Weber's methodological approach of ideal types. The popular church in Nicaragua has been conceived of and

Page x understood as a community of faithful that fragmented into at least four different ideal types: (1) the Marxist, (2) the Revolutionary Christian, (3) the Reformist, and (4) the Alienated Christian type. Each of the ideal types is differentiated by its members' general orientation to spiritual and political beliefs and practices. These types have been derived from the author's observation and assessment of the evolutionary changes evident in the progressive community. This book provides discourse on the subject of religion and politics. It explores the impact of the popular church on the Nicaraguan Revolution and, conversely, the effect that Nicaraguan politics have had on the popular church. By examining these dynamics the study offers some tentative conclusions for assessing the future viability of the popular church in the counterrevolutionary state.

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