A notable collection of complementary essays, largely culled from the pages of Comparative studies in society and history, examine the ways in which power (exerted by capital, markets, peasants, women, elites, and States) and culture (expressed in official policy, institutions, and communal life) h
A notable collection of complementary essays, largely culled from the pages of Comparative studies in society and history, examine the ways in which p...
Satya R. Pattnayak Daniel H. Levine Paul E. Sigmund
This book discusses how the competitive environment of Latin America's social life has facilitated religious innovation in different regional and national settings. Pattnayak argues that organized religion has responded admirably to change and competition and will survive well in the period of increasing democratization of Latin America. In addition, the author shows how religious change that focuses on community organization, mobilization, and education of the citizenry carries wider legitimacy than ordinary political strategies. Readers of this book will benefit from its wide coverage of...
This book discusses how the competitive environment of Latin America's social life has facilitated religious innovation in different regional and nati...
