Gustavo Morello's engaging book digs deep into the particularities of everyday, lived religious practices in Latin America and in doing so compellingly illuminates the persistent, embodied appeal of the sacred as a dynamic personal and political resource amid the evolving legacy of modernity and the challenges and possibilities it presents.
Gustavo Morello, SJ is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Boston College. He is the author of The Catholic Church and Argentinas Dirty War.