Basic ecclesial communities in Brazil: the challenge of a new way of being church
Represents a major contribution to the understanding of the Catholic Church in the Third World. The focus is Brazil, but the issues touch the Church universally, providing it with a new and, to date, inadequately understood ecclesiological and missiological model. The author brings to this task not...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C
Georgetown University Press
[1987]
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| In: | Year: 1987 |
| Series/Journal: | Studies in ethics
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Brazil
/ Basic ecclesial community
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| Further subjects: | B
Brazil
Church history
B Catholic Church (Brazil) History 20th century B Basic Christian communities (Brazil) History 20th century |
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| Summary: | Represents a major contribution to the understanding of the Catholic Church in the Third World. The focus is Brazil, but the issues touch the Church universally, providing it with a new and, to date, inadequately understood ecclesiological and missiological model. The author brings to this task not only his considerable skills as a social scientist and theologian, but also his many years of varied experience as a principal actor in the Brazilian Church, not only as a Jesuit provincial superior, but also as President and Executive Director of the nationwide Conference of Religious of Brazil. His book thus combines both theory and praxis |
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| Item Description: | Translation of: Comunidades eclesiais de base e inculturação da fé Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-294) and index |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 304 pages, 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 0878404309 |