INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY AND POLITICAL CHALLENGE: THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN LATIN AMERICA

With increased competition from the Protestant denominations, the Catholic Church finds itself precariously placed in Latin America in recent years. In light of the steady decline in the number of Catholics and Catholic priests in the region, many have predicted the Church’s gradual irrelevance in p...

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Main Author: Pattnayak, Satya R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: CEEOL 2008
In: Politikologija religije
Year: 2008, Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages: 7-25
Further subjects:B Political challenge
B Social Welfare
B Education
B religious competition
B Institutional capacity
B Latin America
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
Rights Information:CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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