Religious Responses to Violence

Description

During the past half century, Latin America has evolved from a region of political instability and frequent dictatorships into one of elected governments. Although its societies and economies have undergone sweeping changes, high levels of violence have remained a persistent problem. Religious Responses to Violence: Human Rights in Latin America Past and Present offers rich resources to understand how religion has perceived and addressed different forms of violence, from the political and state violence of the 1970s and 1980s to the drug traffickers and youth gangs of today. The contributors offer many fresh insights into contemporary criminal violence and reconsider past interpretations of political violence, liberation theology, and human rights in light of new questions and evidence.

In contrast to many other studies of violence, this book explores its moral dimensions—up close in lived experience—and the real consequences of human agency. Alexander Wilde provides a thoughtful substantive introduction, followed by thematic chapters on "rights," "violence," and case studies of ten countries throughout the region. The book breaks new ground examining common responses as well as differences between Catholic and Evangelical pastoral accompaniment. These new studies focus on the specifically religious character of their responses—how they relate their mission and faith to violence in different contexts—to better understand how and why they have taken action.

Sujets

• Violence in Society
• Human Rights
• Political Science
• Latin American
• Latin America
• Catholic
• World
• Caribbean

Informations

• Publié par: University of Notre Dame Press
• Date de parution: 31 décembre 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780268096762
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

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Religious Responses to Violence

R E C E N T T I T L E S F RO M T H E H E L E N K E L L O G G I N S T I T U T E F O R I N T E R N AT I O N A L S T U D I E S

Scott Mainwaring, series editor

The University of Notre Dame Press gratefully thanks the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies for its support in the publication of titles in this series.

Susan Fitzpatrick-Behrens The Maryknoll Catholic Mission in Peru, 1943–1989: Transnational Faith and Transformation(2012) Barry S. Levitt Power in the Balance: Presidents, Parties, and Legislatures in Peru and Beyond(2012) Sérgio Buarque de Holanda Roots of Brazil(2012) José Murilo de Carvalho The Formation of Souls: Imagery of the Republic in Brazil(2012) Douglas Chalmers and Scott Mainwaring, eds. Problems Confronting Contemporary Democracies: Essays in Honor of Alfred Stepan(2012) Peter K. Spink, Peter M. Ward, and Robert H. Wilson, eds. Metropolitan Governance in the Federalist Americas: Strategies for Equitable and Integrated Development(2012) Natasha Borges Sugiyama Diffusion of Good Government: Social Sector Reforms in Brazil(2012) Ignacio Walker Democracy in Latin America: Between Hope and Despair(2013) Laura Gómez-Mera Power and Regionalism in Latin America: The Politics of MERCOSUR(2013) Rosario Queirolo The Success of the Left in Latin America: Untainted Parties, Market Reforms, and Voting Behavior(2013) Erik Ching Authoritarian el Salvador: Politics and the Origins of the Military Regimes, 1880–1940 (2013) Brian Wampler Activating Democracy in Brazil: Popular Participation, Social Justice, and Interlocking Institutions(2015) J. Ricardo Tranjan Participatory Democracy in Brazil: Socioeconomic and Political Origins(2016) Tracy Beck Fenwick Avoiding Governors: Federalism, Democracy, and Poverty Alleviation in Brazil and Argentina(2016)

For a complete list of titles from the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies, see http://www.undpress.nd.edu

R E L I G I O U S

R E S P O N S E S T O

V I O L E N C E

Human Rights in Latin America Past and Present

Edited by alexander wilde

University of Notre Dame Press

Notre Dame, Indiana

University of Notre Dame Press Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 www.undpress.nd.edu

All Rights Reserved

Copyright © 2016 by University of Notre Dame Published in the United States of America

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Wilde, Alexander. Religious reponses to violence : human rights in Latin America past and present / edited by Alexander Wilde. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 9780268044312 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN 0268044317 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN 9780268193102 (hardback) Human rights—Latin America. Human rights— Latin America—Religious aspects. Civil rights— Latin America. Freedom of religion—Latin America. JC599.L3 R475 2015 261.7098—dc23 2015034485

∞ The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.

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C O N T E N T S

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P A R T I Rethinking Religious Contributions to Human Rights

Violence and Everyday Experience in Early Twenty- First-Century Latin America Robert Albro

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Church Responses to Political Violence in Central America: From Liberation Theology to Human Rights Virginia Garrard-Burnett

Human Rights and Christian Responsibility: Transnational Christian Activism, Human Rights, and State Violence in Brazil and Chile in the 1970s Patrick William Kelly

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Introduction Alexander Wilde

List of Abbreviations List of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments

C H A P T E R 1 Evolution of the Theory and Practice of Rights in The Latin American Catholicism27 Daniel H. Levine

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P A R T I I Contemporary Ministries Responding to Violence

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C H A P T E R 1 0  From Preaching to Listening: Extractive Industries, Communities, and the Church in Rural Peru311 Javier Arellano-Yanguas C H A P T E R 1 1  Violence and Pastoral Care in Putumayo, Colombia339 Winifred Tate C H A P T E R 1 2  Violence, Religion, and Institutional Legitimacy in Northern Central America371  Robert Brenneman C H A P T E R 1 3 Politics of Presence: Evangelical Ministry in The Brazilian Prisons395 Andrew Johnson

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Religion Meets Legal Strategy: Catholic Clerics, Lawyers, and the Defense of Human Rights in Brazil243 Rafael Mafei Rabelo Queiroz

The Institutional Church and Pastoral Ministry: Unity and Conflict in the Defense of Human Rights in Chile159 Alexander Wilde

Violent Times: Catholicism and Dictatorship in Argentina in the 1970s María Soledad Catoggio

Transformations in Catholicism under Political Violence: Córdoba, Argentina, 1960–1980219 Gustavo Morello, S.J.

Building Peace and Dignity: Jesuit Engagement in Colombia’s Magdalena Medio Elyssa Pachico

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C H A P T E R 1 4 migrante y me hospedaron”: The Catholic Church’s “Fui Responses to Violence against Central American Migrants in Mexico417  Amelia Frank-Vitale C H A P T E R 1 5  From Guns to God: Mobilizing Evangelical Christianity in Urabá, Colombia443  Kimberly Theidon

Afterword Alexander Wilde

About the Contributors Index

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Associação Brasileira de Imprensa (Brazilian Press Asso- ciation) American Committee for Information on Brazil Asociación Columbiana para la Reintegración (Colom- bian Agency for Reintegration, formerly the High Commissioner for Reintegration) Agrupación de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos (Association of Relatives of Disappeared Detainees, Chile) Associação de Proteção e Assistência aos Codenados (Association for the Protection and Assistance of Prison- ers, Brazil) Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia) Brasil: Nunca mais(Brazil: Never Again) Consejo Aguaruna y Huambisa (Awajun-Wampis Council, Peru) Comisión Episcopal de Acción Social (Episcopal Com- mission for Social Action, Peru) Comunidades eclesiales de base (Christian base commu- nities) Consejo del Episcopado Latinoamericano (Conference of Latin American Bishops) Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (Center for Legal and Social Studies, Argentina) Comité Evangélico de Promoción Agraria (Evangelical Committee on Agricultural Development, Nicaragua)

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